Mandel v. Jordan

Plaintiff appeals from a finding and judgment in favor of defendants entered at the close of plaintiff’s case in a bench trial.

The complaint was based on a written contract for architect’s fees for the construction of a motel, and alleged that plaintiff had completed 90% of his work; that plaintiff was entitled to 5%% of the reasonable construction cost of the motel, which was estimated at $436,000; and that after crediting defendants with $3,000 paid under said contract the balance due plaintiff was $18,500.

Defendants in their answer denied the allegations of the complaint as to the written…