McKone v. Williams

The appellees undertook to build a house for the appellant and his wife, under a written contract, which provided that it should be done to the satisfaction and under the direction of an architect named.

The appellant promised to pay the price, in certain installments, “ on certificates of ” the architect, bnt with no statement as to what the certificates should contain. The contract had this clause: “ Owner to get certificate from architect.” The price was $2,350; $2,150 was paid before suit, of which $1,175 was on certificates, and the residue without. The house seems to have been finished,…