Goodman v. Balthrop Construction Co.

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

The issues presented are whether the jury’s verdict is supported by evidence and whether the trial judge correctly excluded from evidence, as an offer of settlement, an exhibit offered by defendant.

The defendant-appellant, City of Lafayette, Tennessee,1 installed a new water system. Balthrop Construction Company *23was the contractor. The plaintiffs, Randall and Joann Goodman, paid a tap fee to Lafayette to obtain city water at their home on August 29, 1977. Subsequently, on March 18, 1978, an employee of the city installed the water meter. At that time Mr. Goodman connected…