Argo v. Walston

885 So.2d 180 (2003)

Barry ARGO

v.

Charles W. WALSTON.

2020496.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

December 30, 2003.

F. Patrick Loftin of Loftin, Loftin & Hall, Phenix City, for appellant.

Jack M. Ivins of Cornett & Ivins, Phenix City, for appellee.

MURDOCK, Judge.

Barry Argo appeals from a judgment entered against him and in favor of Charles Walston in which Walston was awarded $25,000 in damages on claims relating to a defectively installed pond. We reverse and remand.

In May 2000, Argo offered to construct a one-acre lake with a dam on Walston's property for $5,000. Walston agreed, with his only…