Thompson v. Chaffee

This action was brought by Mrs. H. Thompson against E. F. Chaffee as principal and S. H. Wilson and H. W. Bland his sureties on a contract for the construction of a house. The purpose of the suit was the recovery of damages for the failure on the part of Chaffee to construct the house as he contracted to do. Chaffee interposed two defenses: (1) That he had undertaken the construction of the house and it was nearing completion when it fell on account of defective plans for which he was in no wise responsible and against which he had protested; and (2) that after the collapse of the building he…