Lane v. Inhabitants of the Town of Harmony
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendants. This is an action on the case to recover for services as an architect in drafting plans and specifications for a school house building in the defendant town and for supervising the construction of the same and for purchasing supplies used in the construction of said school house, in the summer of 1911, amounting in all to $1742.90. The defendant pleaded the general issue and filed a brief statement in substance that plaintiff represented…
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On report. Judgment for defendants. This is an action on the case to recover for services as an architect in drafting plans and specifications for a school house building in the defendant town and for supervising the construction of the same and for purchasing supplies used in the construction of said school house, in the summer of 1911, amounting in all to $1742.90. The defendant pleaded the general issue and filed a brief statement in substance that plaintiff represented and warranted to the defendants that said proposed building, of which he submitted plans, would not exceed in cost the…
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiff, an architect, to recover for services, commissions and expenses, which he claims to be due under a contract with the defendant, for plans and specifications for a school building, and the purchase of material therefor. The contract reads as follows:
“To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that we the selectmen of the Town of Harmony, Me. Sommerset County, State of Maine, do hereby give Calvin S. Lane of Portland, Maine, Cumberland County, State of Maine, full authority to make and let all contracts for labor and materials, etc. to be…
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