Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Snodgrass & Sons Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an action by a bank against a general contractor for breach of contract for failing to pay retainage to the bank. The case was tried to the court sitting without a jury. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Farmers and Merchants State Bank, in the amount of $13,000 with interest. The appellant, Snodgrass and Sons Construction Company, Inc., was the defendant in the district court.

In entering judgment in favor of the plaintiff the trial court made extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law which set forth…