Brown v. Jacob

Defendant/counter-plaintiff Jesse Jacob appeals by leave granted from the circuit court order affirming the district court’s dismissal of his counterclaim against plaintiff/counter-defendant Harold G. Brown, Sr. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In July of 1986, Jacob apparently phoned Brown requesting an estimate for several nonemergency home repairs.1 On August 29, 1986, in response to the invitation, Brown made an on-site inspection at Jacob’s home. While Brown was still in the house, he and Jacob entered into a written contract whereby Brown agreed to make the repairs in exchange for…