Jones v. Preuit & Mauldin

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an appeal by the plaintiff from an order denying his motion for partial summary judgment and another order granting the defendants’ motion for *1438summary judgment. We affirm the district court’s denial of plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment but reverse its order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

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BACKGROUND

Samuel Jones, the plaintiff, owned three International Harvester cotton pickers. In 1981, Jones employed Preuit & Mauldin (“P & M”) to repair these pickers. P & M was a partnership composed of Edward Mauldin individually…