Opinion ID: 1957579
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Heading: Jaggers's version of the facts

Text: ¶ 4. Jaggers claims when Eddie and Christi were looking at houses to buy, they told him they would rather build a house, and then sell it and use the profit to purchase a condo in Florida. They told him if [he] would build the house for them at cost, then they would give [him] $20,000 for [his] labor and time when the house was sold. After Eddie and Christi had lived in the house for approximately a year and a half, they told Jaggers they were going to Florida to look for a condo. When they returned, Christi informed him they had found one. Jaggers says he then went to the house to talk with the couple about sale of the house and payment of the $20,000. Eddie stated that they could not purchase the condo because he had lost a lot of money in Tunica. Eddie nevertheless promised to pay Jaggers the $20,000. ¶ 5. Concerned about the money Eddie lost, Jaggers obtained a title search on the house and learned that three weeks after the closing a second lien had been filed to secure payment of a $15,364 loan. Shortly after Jaggers confronted Eddie with this information, Eddie called to tell him the $20,000 would not be paid. This prompted Jaggers to place a construction lien on the house. When Eddie and Christi learned of the construction lien, they filed suit to have it removed, and Jaggers counterclaimed for the $20,000.