Doughty v. Simpson

Birdsong, Judge.

Leroy Doughty, d/b/a Doughty Remodelers and Builders, brings this appeal from judgment for appellee, Ronald Simpson, entered in a trial before the judge acting without intervention of a jury.

Simpson, an electrical contractor, entered into a contract with Doughty, who identified himself as “a home improvement carpenter” for the construction of a one-room addition to Simpson’s home. The rear sundeck was to be removed and a room constructed in that location to house a jacuzzi. Doughty drew up the contract which covered the majority of one, letter-sized page and generally recited…