Pinches v. Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for work done and materials furnished in erecting a church edifice for the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court before Torrance, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants. The ease is fully stated in the opinion.
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Action to recover for work done and materials furnished in erecting a church edifice for the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court before Torrance, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants. The ease is fully stated in the opinion. The court erred in excluding the evidence offered by the defendants to show the cost of making the changes and supplying the omissions, so that the building would conform to the contract, plans and specifications. The defendants, when they discovered the material changes and…
1Opinion of the CourtBeardsley, J.
The plaintiff claims to recover upon the counts for work and materials furnished in the erection of a church edifice for the defendants. A written contract was entered into by the parties, providing that the plaintiff should erect the edifice upon the land of the defendants, in accordance with certain plans and specifications. The plaintiff completed the building on the 21st day of January, 1885, when the defendants entered into the full possession and occupancy of the same. The building varies from the requirements of the contract in several material particulars.
The ceiling is two feet…
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