Opinion ID: 1813384
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Stamper's Cross Bill.

Text: Stamper filed answer and cross bill in which Stamper claims from Chapman $8,426.00 and avers in substance that in March, 1966, Stamper was engaged in the erection of telephone transmission towers in Alabama for a telephone company; that Rivers, through its president, Willis, contacted Stamper, and: 6. That pursuant to the solicitations and representations of difficulty made by Rivers Construction Company, Inc. through its president, Aubrey F. Willis, with the knowledge and consent of the cross-respondents, Chapman Communications, a contract was entered into on March 10, 1966 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by which the cross-complainant agreed to provide work and labor for the completion of the erection of said television tower for the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) plus certain extra amount for delay in furnishing of material; that the cross-respondent was aware of this contract and of its terms. Stamper further avers that, on March 30, 1966, with full knowledge of the contract between Rivers and Stamper and that the television tower was nearing completion and that Stamper had not been paid, without informing Stamper but rather concealing said fact and with knowledge that judgments were outstanding against Rivers, Chapman paid to Rivers $3,390.08 and, on April 6, 1966, paid to Watson $1,609.92 on the instruction of Rivers, with knowledge that as a result of said payments there would not be enough money remaining in the hands of Chapman to pay Stamper for its work. Stamper prays for decree that Chapman is indebted to Stamper in amount of $8,426.00 for the work and that complainants be required to pay into court the additional sum of $2,426.00. In its answer, Stamper admits that Stamper has not been paid and has an inchoate statutory lien but denies . . . . that it is only to the extent of the unpaid balance of Six Thousand Dollars. . . . and . . . . denies that Rivers Construction Company, Inc. or R. W. Hughes Construction Co., Inc. are entitled to any monies belonging to respondent.