Jacques All Trades Corp. v. Brown

*655 Opinion

In the spring of 1988, the defendant, Laverne Brown,1 applied for a residential rehabilitation mortgage through the federally funded housing preservation loan program operated by the city of Hartford. Hartford accepted the defendant’s application, and wrote specifications and solicited bids for improvements to the defendant’s home. The bid of the plaintiff, Jacques All Trades Corporation, was accepted and the plaintiff and the defendant subsequently contracted for improvements to cost $20,150, which amount was entirely funded by the preservation loan obtained by the defendant from…