Muhleman & Kayhoe, Inc. v. Marks

The plaintiff in error by this proceeding is asking that a judgment for $525 be set aside. It was rendered in the court below upon the verdict of a jury, which was against the plaintiff in error and in favor of the defendants in error.

Three sisters, Misses Sallie, Estelle and Anna Marks, owned a lot on Seminary Avenue in the city of Richmond. They decided to have a dwelling, to be used as their home, erected on the lot and for that purpose they entered into a written contract with Muhleman and Kayhoe, Inc., builders and contractors. The contract was made on April 8, 1933, and it provided that…