Ginther v. Tilton

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment entered following an order granting defendant’s motion for nonsuit.

The facts, which appear by way of a settled statement, are as follows:

In August 1955, plaintiff and defendant, both carpenters, entered into an oral agreement by which plaintiff agreed to work on the construction of defendant’s home in exchange for comparable work from defendant when plaintiff began construction of his home. Plaintiff, having just purchased the property, advised defendant that he would not be able to start building his home until he had completed payments on the…