Woodhall v. Irwin

Told in outline, the story in the record is a very ordinary and simple one. The owner of a store building wanted some repairs made to the front of it. What were needed to make the repairs were some mortar, a ladder, and a man with a trowel and bucket who knew how to do the work. It was a two or three or four-dollar job. The owner called up a general building and repairing contractor, Mr. Irwin, one of three contractors whom he had at times engaged to repair his buildings, and asked him to take care of the matter — to do the work. After some delay, Mr. Irwin sent Alfred Woodhall, a plasterer,…