Brown v. Poston

— This action was brought by the plastering subcontractor against the general contractor to recover the difference in cost between the metal lath the former was required to use and the gypsum or rock lath which he asserted his subcontract would, have permitted him to use on the ceilings of certain classrooms in a school building being erected by the general contractor. After trial, the action was dismissed, and this appeal followed.

The trial court found:

“That looking at both the plans and specifications there is a requirement for the use of channel suspended metal lath in the construction of…