Jenkins v. Brown

The plaintiff in error, Jenkins, brought an action for damages against the defendant in error, Brown, for breach of an alleged oral contract for the erection of a building on a lot of land owned by Brown. The entire lot of 77 by 265 feet was to be graded to a level with the sidewalk, and other'grading and excavating were to be done. A building 60 by 225 feet was to be erected on the lot. It was alleged that the entire subject-matter of the contract was for $25,500 and that the entire cost to the plaintiff would have been $21,991 and his profit would have been $3509, for which he sought…