Coastal Plains, Inc. v. City of Fort Worth

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

Coastal Plains, Inc., plaintiff, filed suit against the City of Fort Worth, defendant, on March 28, 1968, in the form of a sworn account and alternatively upon quantum meruit for recovery of the sum of $5,216.87 for parts, labor, overhead, profit and costs allegedly arising out of its unsuccessful efforts to repair the transmission of an elevating scraper and for reasonable attorney’s fees. The elevating scraper had been previously purchased by the City of Fort Worth from Coastal Plains, Inc., for the sum of $57,607.00 on the basis of a bid submitted by the latter,…