Scafco Boise v. Larry Rigby and Gary Mason

This is a dispute between Scafco Boise, Inc., a corporation which supplies potato pipe for ventilation of potato cellars, and Larry Rigby and Gary Mason, partners doing business as T-Span Buildings. Scafcos amended complaint sought judgment for the sum of $8,515.17 plus interest as the amount due on potato pipe supplied, less $1,110.80 for commissions admittedly earned by defendants Rigby and Mason. The case went to trial on December 9 and 10, 1975, at St. Anthony, Idaho. Rigby and Mason, who appeared pro se, did not strenuously dispute the fact of their outstanding debts but, though they had made no counterclaim on the matter, they claimed an additional offset of $5,594.00. This, they alleged, was due them as commissions for having their customers choose Scafco piping for installation in the potato sheds Rigby and Mason were erecting. The jury apparently rejected this allegation: its verdict for Scafco in the amount of $7,279.40, plus costs and interest, was almost the exact amount demanded by Scafco in its prayer for relief. Judgment was entered on this verdict by the clerk of the court, pursuant to I.R.C.P. 58(a).