Lambert v. Sanford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for preparing certain plans and specifications for buildings; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and heard before Studley, J. The complaint was as follows :— On October 2d, 1882, the plaintiff made certain sketches, plans, elevations and specifications for three buildings, and procured bids for the same, at the request and by direction of the defendant.
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Action to recover for preparing certain plans and specifications for buildings; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and heard before Studley, J. The complaint was as follows :— On October 2d, 1882, the plaintiff made certain sketches, plans, elevations and specifications for three buildings, and procured bids for the same, at the request and by direction of the defendant. The defendant promised to pay the plaintiff therefor two and a half per cent, upon the estimated cost of said buildings, amountiug to two hundred and fifty dollars. The defendant has never paid the…
1Opinion of the CourtStoddard, J.
The plaintiff’s complaint states that he made plans and specifications for three houses, and procured bids for the same, at the request and by the. direction of the defendant, at an agreed compensation of two and a half per cent, upon the estimated cost of the buildings. The plaintiff then alleges that that percentage amounts to $250.
This complaint sets out a special contract entered into at the request of the defendant and performed by the plaintiff. Under our present practice, which is free from technicalities, it is mot defective by reason of the omissions stated in the demurrer.
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