Holland v. CONTINENTAL TELEPHONE CO. OF SOUTH

This is a breach of contract case. Defendant-appellee, Continental Telephone Company of the South (hereinafter "Continental"), entered into a construction contract with Alan Holland and Mitchell Gay on November 18, 1981. Alan Holland, Nancy Holland, and Mitchell Gay were partners in the operation of Southland Contracting Company (hereinafter "Southland"). Pursuant to the contract, Southland agreed to perform certain construction work for Continental and Continental agreed to pay Southland for this work.

In 1983, Holland and Gay made arrangements to dissolve their partnership. In order to…