Edgar v. Schmidt

HUGHES, Justice.

This is the second appeal of this case. Our opinion on the former appeal is found in 221 S.W.2d at page 867. Reference is here made to that opinion for a more detailed statement of the case than we now present.

The suit was by appellee, Richard Schmidt, against appellant, Joe Edgar, to recover the reasonable value of service rendered under an oral contract by which Schmidt, a contractor, agreed to undertake making “repairs, alterations, and additions included the repairing and strengthening of said residence (appellant’s home), the excavation of dirt from beneath said house,…