Griffin v. Eakin

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit on a written contract calling for the printing or publication of a book. Appellant, Phyllis Ansley Griffin, sued ap-pellee, Edward M. Eakin, alleging that he had failed, in breach of his implied warranty, to print in a good and workmanlike manner a book authored by her. Griffin also contended that Eakin was negligent in failing to maintain proper measures of quality control.

Eakin answered and filed a counter-claim for the amount he said was owed him under the contract. The case was tried before a jury and submitted upon six special issues. Based upon jury…