Nann v. Sullivan

The defendant, a forthright and intelligent professional man, was, in December, 1940, the owner of a building lot on Racebrook Road in the Town of Woodbridge. Having determined to erect a dwelling for occupancy by his mother and himself, Doctor Sullivan retained Mr. Gordon MacMaster to prepare plans and specifications and to serve as a supervising architect. Thereafter, as construction operations were about to begin, Mr. MacMaster engaged the plaintiff to drill an artesian well. The drilling assignment, in so far as the evidence discloses, was successfully executed and the well has given…