Buccella v. Schuster

This is an action of contract wherein the plaintiff seeks recovery for labor and materials furnished pursuant to an oral contract with the defendant in the sum of $1,799.42. The defendant’s answer consists of a general denial; payment; unskillful and unworkmanlike performance; and that the .contract was illegal and contrary to public policy.

The evidence adduced at the trial tended to show that the parties entered into an oral contract whereby the plaintiff was to blast ledge and related matter on the defendant’s premises located in Newton, Mass., and for such purposes the plaintiff was to…