Ashe v. Acme Builders, Inc.

The plaintiff alleged and offered evidence tending to show that she entered into a contract on September 22, 1961, in which the defendant agreed to furnish material and to remodel her kitchen. The work involved the use of sheetrock for the walls and celotex overhead. The sheetrock was in slabs four feet wide by eight feet long and one-half inch thick. On Monday following the date of the contract, the slabs were carried to, and stored in the room to be remodeled. They were stacked lengthwise on the floor, leaning at a slight angle against the wall under one of the windows. “More than four or…