Drake v. Goree
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ekror to the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. George D. Shortridge. Assuitpsit by the defendants in error against Drake, on a written contract made and entered into between Drake of the first part, and the defendants in error of the second part.
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Ekror to the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. George D. Shortridge. Assuitpsit by the defendants in error against Drake, on a written contract made and entered into between Drake of the first part, and the defendants in error of the second part. The parts of this contract which are material to the understanding of the case, are as follows: “The parties of the second part contract to build a dwelling house for the party of the first part, of the following dimensions and particulars.” (Here follow the specifications.) “ They agree to do the carpenter’s work about this house, in a…
1Opinion of the CourtGrOLDTHWAITE, J.
The principal legal questions presented in this case, arise out of a contract executed between the parties on the 21st May, 1849. By its terms, the defendants in error agreed to do certain carpenter’s work, the specifications of which are set forth in the contract, in a neat and workmanlike manner; in consideration of which carpenter’s work, “ the party of the first part (the plaintiff in error) agreed to pay, on the first day of January, 1851, to the party *412of the second part (the defendants in error) fourteen hundred dollars,” and to furnish all the materials for the work, at the place where…
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