Perkins v. Hanks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a contract in writing for compensation for services as an architect. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, dated December 8, 1902. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Wait, J. The agreement sued upon was as follows : “ This agreement, made this twelfth day of October, 1900, by and between Charles Bruen Perkins, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, party of the first part, and Charles Stedman…
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Contract upon a contract in writing for compensation for services as an architect. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, dated December 8, 1902. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Wait, J. The agreement sued upon was as follows : “ This agreement, made this twelfth day of October, 1900, by and between Charles Bruen Perkins, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, party of the first part, and Charles Stedman Hanks, also of said Boston, party of the second part, Witnessetli: That, whereas, said party of the second part owes to…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The contract out of which this suit arises consists of two distinct parts. It first provides for an adjustment of an existing indebtedness due the plaintiff for services previously rendered as an architect, and then stipulates for similar services by him in the future. Accordingly the plaintiff agreed to prepare plans, the number and size of which were to be mutually agreed upon, that were to be used in the construction of houses to be built upon land of the defendant. These plans were to be ready for use as soon as they could be reasonably and *123properly finished, and after he had received…
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