Brophy v. John E. Mahaffey & Associates, Inc.

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellants, Ralph Brophy and Ottis Watson, were the developers of a mobile home park in or near Fayetteville. They engaged the services of appellee, John E. Mahaffey & Associates, Inc., to perform preliminary engineering services incident to the development. The contract was oral. Appellee filed this suit to recover its fee. The jury awarded appellee $5,124, the amount of the claim. Appellants here attack the substantiality of the evidence, the inadmissibility of certain testimony, the correctness of the instructions, and certain statements of the trial court which they…