Manson v. Flanagan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the members of a partnership engaged in the business of stair builders, under the firm name of Manson and MacPhee, on a contract in writing to recover the sum of $120 as the contract price for certain stairs set into the defendant’s house by the plaintiffs under a contract with one Louis Fisher, who had agreed to build a four-family house for the defendant on Willow Street in Waltham.
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Contract by the members of a partnership engaged in the business of stair builders, under the firm name of Manson and MacPhee, on a contract in writing to recover the sum of $120 as the contract price for certain stairs set into the defendant’s house by the plaintiffs under a contract with one Louis Fisher, who had agreed to build a four-family house for the defendant on Willow Street in Waltham. Writ dated March 17, 1916. The contract sued upon was as follows: “Allston, Mass., Oct. 21 1915 Tel., Brighton, 161 Mr. Lewis Fisher Co To Manson & MacPhee, Dr. Stair Builders [¡Cut of Stairs] Piazza…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The defendant made a contract with Louis Fisher to build a four-family house for the sum of $7,000. Fisher was to furnish all material and provide all the labor. The plaintiffs agreed with Fisher to do the stair work on the premises, furnishing labor and material for the entire price of $120. This work was completed September 28, 1915; demand for payment was made on Fisher, and refused. Within thirty days from the completion of the work, on October 26, 1915, one of the plaintiffs called on the defendant and informed her that he would place a lien on the premises unless she agreed to pay their…
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