Bodde v. Burnham

CLARK, Judge.

Plaintiff contractor commenced this action to recover the value of labor and materials furnished in constructing improvements at defendants’ residence. In dispute were amounts charged by plaintiff when bills were rendered to defendants after completion of the work. Defendants appeal the judgment entered on a jury verdict reduced by remittitur to $4,849.06.

Appellants advance two points contended to be trial error. The first asserts that plaintiff’s verdict directing and damage instructions, although predicated on an implied agreement of defendants to pay the reasonable value of…