{
  "id": 1447025,
  "name": "Oak Grove School District No. 20 v. Kinsworthy",
  "name_abbreviation": "Oak Grove School District No. 20 v. Kinsworthy",
  "decision_date": "1941-11-24",
  "docket_number": "4-6489",
  "first_page": "122",
  "last_page": "125",
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      "cite": "203 Ark. 122"
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    {
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      "cite": "155 S.W.2d 897"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ark.",
    "id": 8808,
    "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 34,
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "parties": [
      "Oak Grove School District No. 20 v. Kinsworthy."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Grieein Smith, C. J.\nKinsworthy sued the school district \u2018and its three directors, as such, alleging that between February 11 and March 22, 1940, he'sold lumber to the district, \u201c. . . the total value and contract price of which was $1,220.79.\u201d On February 16 and March 7,1940, payments aggregating $924.09 were made, leaving a claimed balance of $296.61 when, certain extra supplies were added.\nThe answer was a general denial, coupled with the allegation that an attempt was being made to collect the full contract price for materials agreed to be furnished, \u201c. . \u2019 . when [Kinsworthy] failed to furnish all of said materials and has been paid in full for all materials furnished, and the district was compelled to buy said materials not furnished from other persons.\u201d\nThe decree contains a finding that no contract was let for construction of the building; that no bond was executed to secure labor and material bills ;\u2022 that construction was a W. P. A. project, all labor having been supplied by the federal agency, but that the district furnished materials. According to the decree, Kinsworthy supplied 37,238 feet of finished lumber used in the building, the value of'which was $1,220.79. Judgment was given for the balance of $296.61.\nAppellants insist that the amount found by the chancellor to be due Kinsworthy was not established by any competent evidence, and that the maximum recovery should be. $32.92, as shown by witnesses who testified for appellants.\nAppellee attached to his complaint an itemized, statement of materials furnished from February 11 to March 22\u2014a total of 33,445 feet for.which an \u201caverage\u201d price of $33.20 was charged, amounting to $1,110.37. Following this total on the statement are three extensions aggregating 2,601 feet, charged at $24 per thousand, or $62.42. Two other extensions totaling 1,225 feet are charged at $40 per thousand, amounting to $48. According to the statement, 37,271 feet of lumber were supplied, for which $1,220.79 was charged.\nThe contract introduced by appellee called for delivery of designated \u201cpieces\u201d and so many board feet of specified kinds and quality. There are thirty-three extensions of computations. These are not added in the brief or transcript, but the sum of the items is 37,341.\nAppellee testified that he failed to deliver some of the lumber called for in the contract because of the breach due to nonpayment of bills on delivery. However, orders were given for lumber not called for by the contract, the agreed price for extras being $40 per thousand feet for No. 1, and $24 for No. 2. There was the emphatic statement that the district had not been charged with any lumber not used. The list of lumber appellee claims has not been paid for included 6,000 feet of ceiling and flooring, 518 feet of other materials under three groupings, and 50 pieces of window jambs, for which (as to the window jambs) a separate charge of $35 was made. On the extension, however, the $35 charge seems to have been disregarded, and 6,518 feet at $33.20 are carried forward as $216.38. The five entries which when grouped comprise the total of 6,518 feet (exclusive of the $35 charge) are duplicated in the principal statement which shows the total of 33,445 feet. Appellee testified that the district received 3,300 feet of number one flooring, and that it had not been paid for.\nAll of the items on the secondary list charged on a per thousand foot basis appear to have been added to the principal statement embracing the total of 33,445 feet. Charged at $33.20, the amount is $1,110.37. The \u2018 \u2018 extras, \u2019 \u2019 aggregating in one instance 2,601 feet, and in another instance 1,125 feet, amount to $110.42, or a grand total of $1,220.79.\nThe contract was made February 21,1939, with first deliveries February 11, 1940. No basis of charge is set out in the contract. It merely calls for delivery of so many pieces of lumber of stated dimensions for $1,261; hence, to arrive at the \u201caverage\u201d price, or the price per thousand feet, it is necessary to divide the contract price ($1,261) by the total number of feet agueed to be delivered (37,341), the result being $33.76 plus\u2014a difference of 56 cents per thousand in.the district\u2019s favor, of which it may not complain.\nThe total number of feet (33,445) listed as having been delivered against a charge of $33.20 (amounting to $1,110.37) is erroneous in that 400 feet not accounted for by the extensions is included. Proper addition is 33,045. At $33.20 per thousand this would amount to $13.28. On the other hand, appellee\u2019s error in using' $33.20 as the average price when $33.76 is shown by dividing 37,341 into $1,261 accounts for a difference of $20.91.' Therefore, the overcharge of $13.28 against the district, when deducted from the undercharge of $20.91, leaves an advantage of $7.63 with the district.\nWe think a preponderance of the evidence sustains the chancellor\u2019s finding that the lumber was supplied, and that the charges are not improper.\nAffirmed.\nThe five items are: 1x4 beaded clg. No. 1, 3,300 feet; 1x4 flooring, No. 1, 2,700 feet; 18 pieces 1x12 16 No. S4S, 288 feet; 8 pieces 1 x 16 12 B&Btr. S4S, 48 feet; 23 pieces 1 x 6 16 B&Btr. S4S, 182 feet. Corresponding items appearing on the principal statement are: 18 pcs. 1 x 2 16 No. 1 S4S, 288 feet; 23 pcs. 1 x 6 16 B&Btr. S4S, 184 feet; 8 pcs. 1 x 6 12 B&Btr. S4S, 48 feet; 1x4 beaded clg. No. 1, 3,300; 1x4 flooring No. 1, 2,700 feet. [It will be observed that descriptions of items are not identical. For instance, in the principal statement 18 pieces of Tx 12 16 show No. 1 S4S, while in the separate list \u201cNo. 1\u201d is omitted. This is not regarded as material].\nThe segregated items aggregating 6,518 feet, and the extra items amounting to 1,225 feet copied on page 9 of appellants\u2019 brief are $216.38, $42.42, and. $48; the listed total being $351.80. This is erroneous. The correct addition is $306.80. The $35 item does not appear to have been extended. If it should be included, the addition would be $341.80. The item of 1,225 feet at $40 is extended as $48. This should be $49\u2014a difference- of $1 in appellee\u2019s favor, while the error in adding $216.38, $42.42, and $49 as $351.80 amounts to an overcharge of $45, or a net overcharge on this statement of $44, exclusive of the unextended item of $35, which is not explained. However, since the principal statement contains a charge for \u201c50 pieces 2x8 8 B&Btr. window jambs,\u201d and the $35 charge is for identical items, the presumption is that the charge was included in the main statement.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Grieein Smith, C. J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Abe Collins, for appellant.",
      "E. K. Edwards, for appellee."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "Oak Grove School District No. 20 v. Kinsworthy.\n4-6489\n155 S. W. 2d 897\nOpinion delivered November 24, 1941.\nAbe Collins, for appellant.\nE. K. Edwards, for appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0122-01",
  "first_page_order": 140,
  "last_page_order": 143
}