Turnbull v. Shelton

This is a contract action; the problems presented have to do with agency.

Copartners hereinafter referred to as the respondents sued Cleo L. Shelton for $1,236, that being the amount of their bid, plus the sales tax, for laying 1040 square yards of asphalt paving on premises belonging to Shelton. The trial court concluded that there had been an express contract, and that, even if an express contract was not established, there had been such an unjust enrichment as would support a judgment on the theory of quasi contract. From a judgment against him, Shelton appeals.

Appellant was building an…