Consolidated Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Verbiscus

This is appeal by plaintiff from the Wayne circuit court’s reversal, on the grounds that it was against the clear preponderance of the evidence, of a judgment for plaintiff rendered in the court of common pleas of the city of Detroit. The question here, as in circuit court, is whether the common pleas court judgment was against the clear preponderance of the evidence.

Undisputed pertinent facts are that defendant owned a building site. On May 2, 1958, he procured a building permit from the city of Detroit for the construction thereon of an $18,000 dwelling. On June 9,1958, he entered into a…