Durrett v. Rider's Administratrix

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

The Durrett 'Construction Company, a corporation in which appellant, R. T. Durrett, was interested, was engaged in 1917 in constructing a portion of the Dixie Highway in Rockcastle county under a subcontract with J. W. Rider.

On April 11, 1922, J. W. Rider instituted this action in the Rockcastle circuit court, in which he sought to recover judgment against the appellant, R. T. Durrett, in the sum of $1,000.00, which he claimed represented a loan of money made by him to Durrett on June 11, 1917. In an amended petition he alleged that on June 11,…