Hirsch v. Yaker

This is essentially a simple case which the appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch, have endeavored to make complex to escape the liability imposed on them by the trial court for the unpaid balance of the cost of a new kitchen which they had engaged the appellee, Leonard Yaker, to construct for them.

In March 1956 the Hirsches and Yaker entered into an agreement to remodel and furnish a kitchen in the Hirsch residence, an arrangement characterized by the owners as “some type of haphazard understanding or agreement.” The parties now agree only that there was an oral contract and that the builder has…