Berenson v. H. G. Vogel Co.

The plaintiff, owner of a building in the city of Boston, having been required by law to equip it with an automatic fire sprinkler system, entered, on or about October 16, 1919, into a contract with the company to install the necessary apparatus. The work was completed to the plaintiff’s satisfaction May 4, 1920, and partial payments were made, leaving a balance of $4,447.13, which the plaintiff stipulated the company was entitled to recover under its cross bill if the contract was enforceable. We shall refer to Berenson as the plaintiff, and to the H. G. Vogel Company, Inc. as the defendant.…