Taylor v. Carr

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Mark Carr, from a decision of the Washington Court House Municipal Court awarding plaintiff-appellee, Mark Taylor, $1,696 in damages on a contract claim.

On March 24, 1986, Carr, the owner of an automobile body shop, gave Taylor an estimate of $900 for repairing and painting a 1965 Mustang owned by Taylor. The estimate stated “[a]ll work guaranteed.” The parties orally agreed that the car was to be painted in lacquer. Taylor paid Carr the sum of $900 in June 1986.

When the work was completed, Taylor discovered it had been painted with enamel paint…