Anderson v. Smith

BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellees Cole Smith and Robert Ekblad sued the appellant Hal Anderson for an amount claimed to be due them for architects’ services rendered to appellant under a written contract providing for cer tain rates of hourly compensation. Appellant defended on the grounds (a) that the alleged contract was not with him but with a Texas corporation known as Hal Anderson, Inc., and (b) that the compensation agreed upon was a fixed fee of $5,000, which had been fully paid. The jury found in response to special issues that: (1) before appellees commenced the preparations of the…