Mesler v. Cozzolino

The jury herein returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. The defendant made several motions relative thereto. All were denied with the exception of his motion with respect to the measure of damages upon which the jury’s verdict was based. On that point decision was reserved and that is the sole question now before the court.

The facts are very briefly as follows. The plaintiff engaged the defendant, a building contractor, to construct a house on property owned by the plaintiff. The contractor proceeded to erect the house in a manner that violated an ordinance of the City of…