Young v. Barry

Commencing in the fall of 1962 the defendants undertook to convert a part of a farmhouse and adjoining ell and a barn, into a nursing home, at a cost which eventually approximated $100,000. The plaintiff was employed in November to do the electrical work, as. the Court found, “ on the basis of cost of materials, plus ten per cent, plus labor. ” By late April 1963, three bills totaling $4,077.31 were paid by the defendants upon presentation.

Thereafter the plaintiff did additional work for which he billed the defendants on September 7, 1963 in the sum of $5,291.10. Against this charge the…