Coombs v. Beede

It is not questioned that the plaintiff, a professional architect, was employed by the defendant to prepare plans and specifications for a house which the defendant intended to have built for himself in the city of Lewiston. On the trial of this action, brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for services rendered by him in such employment, the defendant sought to establish that, although certain services were rendered by the plaintiff, such services were not beneficial to him for the reason that they were performed in a manner contrary to his express direction and wishes.

In an…