Reulet Electric Co. v. Bryant

LEAR, Judge.

The home of Dr. and Mrs. D’Orsay D. Bryant was damaged by fire in 1979. As a result of this, the Bryants contacted their insurer, who employed Vinsant Painting and Decorating, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, as contractor. Vinsant then employed Mr. Reulet, of Reulet Electric Company, Inc., to do certain electrical work in the Bryants’ home. A dispute over whether Mr. Reulet had been paid for certain lighting fixtures which he installed in the Bryants’ home led to the instant suit in city court and defendants’ subsequent appeal.

*487The original suit, in which Reulet sued the Bryants for…