Carrión de Gago v. Díaz

Me.. Justice Teavieso

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

Tomás Díaz, the defendant-appellee, entered into a contract with Gfaspar Díaz, a painter, for the latter to paint his house in the Hipódromo Development of Santurce. The contract provided for a lump sum and included labor, with the provision that the painter would supply the ladders, brushes, and other tools, while the proprietor of the house would supply the paint and other materials. After the painter had painted part of the house, he was discharged by the proprietor, Tomás Díaz, because the latter had observed that the painter was…