Pratt v. Van Rensselaer

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover upon a contract under which he did the carpenter work on defendant’s house and for extras. The contract price was $8,092.60, the claim for extras amounted to $2,305.31. He had been paid by defendant on order of her architect $9,510, and claimed with interest a balance due of $887.91. Defendant did not give notice of recoupment but insisted plaintiff had not properly performed the terms of the contract in several particulars and was not entitled to recover the balance due on the contract price. It does not seem to be seriously contended that the extras…