Elevator Co. v. . Hotel Co.

This is an action to recover $706.32, a balance alleged to be due for the installation of an elevator in the hotel of the defendant, then in course of construction.

The plaintiff did not allege a special contract in the complaint, but sought to recover the value of the property.

The defendant filed answer denying the material allegations of the complaint, including the allegation that the plaintiff was a corporation.

The evidence tends to prove that the defendant had in contemplation building a hotel of ten stories, and that it entered into a written contract with the plaintiff for the…