Bates v. Stewart

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for the contract price of $1724.85 allegedly owed by defendant to plaintiff for making repairs to defendant’s home following a fire. The district judge awarded plaintiff only $492.85. Plaintiff appealed.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial judge erred in allowing the introduction of testimony by a house painter that certain areas received only one coat of paint, whereas the contract required two, and that in other areas the painting was not performed in a workmanlike manner. The painter said it would cost $280 to complete the job in a…