Rolla Lumber Company v. Evans

STONE, Judge.

This is a court-tried action in quantum meruit by plaintiff Rolla Lumber Compa ny, a corporation, to recover from defendants Everett C. Evans and Barbara J. Evans, husband and wife, by reason of certain materials sold and billed to one Robert Gardner, defendants’ tenant, and allegedly “affixed ... to defendants’ premises” by Gardner, “thereby increasing the value of defendants’ premises in an amount approximately equal to $1,500.” From the judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

Defendants owned and resided in an old remodeled schoolhouse on a country road some 3½ to 4 miles…