McCusker v. Roberts

Action by a homeowner against a builder, a lumber company and its manager, and a subdivision developer for damages arising out of construction of a house. The builder counterclaimed for foreclosure of a labor and materialman’s lien and for slander. From a judgment denying all claims of the home owner and awarding the builder $5,493.92 on his lien foreclosure and $10,000 damages for slander, and from the denial of the homeowner’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, the homeowner appeals.

Plaintiffs are J. Tom McCusker and Elisabeth M. McCusker, his wife,…