Johnson & Burns, Inc. v. Hayden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services as architects, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Molloy, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. Error; judgment to be rendered for plaintiff for such damages as the trial court, upon a rehearing confined to that subject, may find the plaintiff has suffered.
1Opinion of the Court
Wheeleb, C. J
The plaintiff sues to recover damages for the breach of its contract with the defendant to design and supervise the building of a house for the defendant, and sets up in the complaint the fact that the defendant had, by the payment of $50, made an accord and satisfaction of the balance due under the contract, but that the same was obtained from the plaintiff through fraudulent representations. The defendant pleaded, practically, a general denial, and in a special defense sets up that plaintiff submitted to him certain rough plans for the house but that he never accepted them or…
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- The Edward Barron Estate Co. v. the Woodruff Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Barnes v. StarrSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Watertown Savings Bank v. MattoonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Coombs v. BeedeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
- Feltz v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
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