Streit v. Callahan

Memorandum Opinion

Following a view of the premises and a trial {Flynn, J., presiding), a jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the amount of $13,000.

The claims against the defendant, a builder who (according to his own testimony) has been involved in hundreds of construction projects, were that he breached his contract to build a house for the plaintiffs by failing to perform some of the construction in a workmanlike manner. The principal dispute centered on a set of stairs that the plaintiffs alleged were inadequate. The stairs were constructed with a nine-inch tread, but, because…