American Heating & Plumbing Co. v. Betz

Plaintiff sued defendant for the sum of $1,-298, alleged to be due under a written contract dated ' September 26, 1927, whereby plaintiff undertook to install in defendant’s residence a one-pipe gravity steam heating system furnishing labor and material therefor, and guaranteed to heat the rooms in which radiators were to be placed to 70° Fahrenheit when the outside temperature was 20° Fahrenheit.

The petition alleges that the work was commenced on October 12, 1927, and completed on November 17, 1927; that on November 21, 1927, plaintiff offered to accept $325 cash and sixteen monthly notes of…