Walker v. . Millard

The payment of the one hundred dollars in June, and the giving of the note for four hundred dollars, by the defendant, modified the contract, as to the time and manner of payment, so as to give to it the same effect as if it had originally provided that one hundred dollars should be paid in June, four hundred dollars on the third of July, in a note at three months (provided work to the amount of five hundred dollars should at that time have been done), and the balance when the work should be completed. At the time when the note was given, work had been done to the amount of more than five…