Smith v. Saginaw Savings & Loan Ass'n

Defendant appeals as of right from a judgment entered upon two verdicts, one in the amount of $10,000 in favor of plaintiffs Smith and a second for $80,000 in favor of plaintiff Great Lakes Sales & Distributors (hereinafter Great Lakes), which judgment also awarded costs to plaintiffs, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a judgment non obstante veredicto or, in the alternative, for a new trial.

On June 15, 1974, plaintiffs Smith entered into a building agreement with Docter Building Co. for the construction of a summer and retirement home in Otsego County. The contract price for…