Benson v. Hall

This is an action of contract to recover a balance alleged to be due for remodelling a barn into a dwelling house. The declaration contains two counts, one upon the contract, and the other upon an account annexed, while the answer was a general .denial. At the trial in the Superior Court, before the late Mr. Justice Maynard and a jury, there was evidence that the work was performed in compliance with a set of specifications, which had been signed by the defendant, but -not by the plaintiff. It was contended by the defendant, that although he had signed, yet his signature was intended only as…