Succession of Thompson v. Allison

In 1868 Baker & Thompson sued Mrs. A. L. Pagaud for $1059 54, the alleged value of lumber furnished by them to Samuel B. Allison, who was employed to build a certain dwelling-house for Mrs. Pagaud. She pleaded the general issue, and alleged that she employed Allison to build the house, on the terms stated in the answer; that he abandoned his contract and she was compelled to employ mechanics and *734laborers and buy materials to complete the dwelling-house as per contract, and that after finishing the same “ a balance of twelve hundred! dollars or thereabouts was due to contractor, a detailed and…