Lewis v. McNeal

In this case plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of George E. Lewis, her deceased husband, sued for the recovery of a balance alleged to be due his estate upon a contract made by defendant with deceased whereby he was employed to furnish labor and materials in the construction of a house of the admitted cost of $8,394.50, upon which, as alleged in the complaint, defendant paid $5,587.86, leaving a balance unpaid of $2,806.64. It was also alleged that defendant was indebted to plaintiff in said sum upon a mutual, open, and current book account. By her answer defendant admitted her…