Bender v. Buehrer

The plaintiff sued the defendant on an account for certain work and labor, alleged to have been performed by the plaintiff for the defendant at his request, in the construction of a house and the making of certain shelving, etc., therein.

The defendant denied the account, and alleged that there was a contract between the parties whereby the plaintiff was to build for the defendant a house like that of a certain other party named in the contract, which contract included the work charged for in this action, and that said house was to to be built for a certain gross sum, and was to be completed…