Blitz v. Fields

This case is reported in 115 Mich. 675. Since the case has been published, a rehearing has been granted. Upon a further investigation of the case, it is found that one of the questions raised by counsel for defendant was overlooked. It appears that the whole contract price was $1,500, and added thereto was $23 to complete the building, or a total of $1,523. Mr. Fields had paid the contractor, for the subcontractors and material men, the whole amount of the contract price; that is, $1,523. He made these payments in full, in the belief that the Blitz bill had been paid by the contractor, to…