South Builders, Inc. v. Brown

COLLINGS, Justice.

Edwin L. Brown, Lonnie E. Williams and W. A. Peavy, doing business on a State highway project, as subcontractors under the firm name of Brown, Peavy and Williams Company, filed suit against South Builders, Inc., the prime contractor on the job, alleging breach of their written contract. The plaintiffs sought to recover the full contract price for all work performed on the Haskell County contract, lost profits and the reasonable rental value of certain equipment which was allegedly idle while plaintiffs waited for defendant to furnish necessary crushed rock before plaintiffs…