Briggs v. Robinson

This is an action for the rescission of a building contract entered into by the plaintiff Robinson, owner, and the defendant Briggs, contractor, whereby the latter agreed to erect for the former a smal-l dwelling house on the owner’s lots in Denver and furnish the labor and material therefor at the agreed price of $5,100, according to plans and specifications agreed upon by the parties. After excavation for the cellar was made and the builder had begun to lay the foundations for the walls of the superstructure, the plaintiff owner, being dissatisfied with the material employed in the doing of…