Hammaker v. Schleigh

C. Frank Schleigh, a builder and contractor, agreed with George W. Hammaker to reconstruct the latter’s building in Hagerstown; and, in an action at law by the builder and contractor against the owner to recover for work and labor done as a result of this contract, the plaintiff obtained a verdict of $3,275.33, .but the court directed the entry .of a remittitur damna to $2,800, and a judgment was rendered for this amount. The record presents sixteen exceptions.. The first fifteen are to the rulings on evidence. The plaintiff offered no- prayer, and the case was submitted to the jury on the…