Legal Opinion
Applewood Landscape & Nursery Co., Inc. v. Wayne B. Hollingsworth
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 1989No. 88-1884PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of simple breach of contract actions. Appellant Wayne Holl-ingsworth, a lawyer, built an expensive house for himself and his family on the shore of a lake in Maine. He decided to act as his own general contractor, at least in respect to landscaping. Instead of using readily available printed form contracts, he made oral contracts with the appellees, the Warren Construction Co., and the Apple-wood Landscape and Nursery Co. He hired Warren initially to help build his driveway and his airplane landing pad; later, in the fall of 1984, he asked Warren…
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