Shea v. Biddle Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — George A. Wilson, Judge. Action at law to recover for labor performed and material furnished pursuant to a contract. The answer was, in legal effect, a general denial. There was a trial to a jury, and a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim. Judgment was rendered thereon, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
At the time of the transactions under consideration, the plaintiff was a plumber, engaged in business for many years in the city of Des Moines. The defendant was a corporation, organized for the purpose of acquiring a long-time lease on a certain city property on Second Street and Grand Avenue in Des Moines. For the purpose of improving such property, so as to increase the rental value thereof, it constructed thereon 14 store fronts. Plaintiff *954was employed to do the plumbing. The negotiations with the plaintiff were canned on in advance of the actual organization of the defendant corporation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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