Court Opinion

ID: 3448045
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 20:19:39.614544+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:58:56.998169
License: Public Domain

Affirming.
The Russell Lumber  Supply Company, which we shall call the plaintiff sued Mrs. Alice Grooms for $1,094.25 for building material it sold Philipps  Simpson, which they used in remodeling a house for her. The court peremptorily directed a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment which followed plaintiff appeals.
The evidence is that Mrs. Grooms employed Philipps  Simpson to remodel a house for her. They were to do this work and furnish this material for $4,700. Plaintiff sold and charged this material to them. Plaintiff failed to file a lien for this material but sued Mrs. Grooms for the bill.
The peremptory instruction was properly given for two reasons: Plaintiff failed to prove Mrs. Grooms promised to pay for this material sold to Philipps  Simpson, and also failed to allege she made such a promise, thus failing both in its proof and its pleading. To avoid a peremptory instruction a plaintiff must have a cause of action both proven and pleaded. Utterback v. Quick, 230 Ky. 333, 19 S.W.2d 980.
Judgment affirmed.