Byars v. James

The suit on contract resulted in judgment for plaintiff.

Count 1 declared for breach of contract in the failure to repair the roof of the warehouse, claimed damages proximately resulting therefrom, and specified the same, viz.:

“Cotton stored therein was damaged on account of leaks in the1 roof in said sum of $913.-95, whieh the plaintiff was required to pay the owners of said cotton.”

Defendants had the right to have specification of the nature of the contract, whether based on sufficient consideration, and, to this end, to know whether the contract was verbal or written (Birmingham R., L. & P.…