Hempel v. Bragg

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The general contractor on a home construction project filed suit against the owners of the home for a progress payment that was due under the terms of the contract. The owners filed a counterclaim against the contractor and a third-party complaint against the architects who designed the home. The chancellor decided all of the issues in favor of the general contractor and the architects. We affirm all of the rulings of the chancellor, except one that awarded the architects the balance of their fee, and we reverse that one ruling because the architects did not file a…