Rand v. Farquhar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover a balance of $5,131.21 alleged to be due for work and labor furnished to the defendants in the erection of a building known as Brandon Hall in Brookline. Writ dated February 10, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fox, J. The plaintiff and the defendants were members of an association known" as the Master Builders’ Association, which maintained a meeting place for men engaged in the different trades of building construction.
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Contract to recover a balance of $5,131.21 alleged to be due for work and labor furnished to the defendants in the erection of a building known as Brandon Hall in Brookline. Writ dated February 10, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fox, J. The plaintiff and the defendants were members of an association known" as the Master Builders’ Association, which maintained a meeting place for men engaged in the different trades of building construction. The plaintiff was a builder, the defendant Farquhar a roofer, the defendant Gallagher a plasterer, the defendant Marshall a painter…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
April 8, 1903, the plaintiff and the defendants “As Trustees of the Brandon Trust under a declaration of Trust . . . but not individually,” signed and sealed an instrument wherein the plaintiff agreed to “perform all the work for the complete erection and construction in every detail ready for lathing and plastering, of the building to be known as Brandon Hall,” by July 15, 1903, for the sum of $13,900, to be paid in instalments as the work progressed; and upon the understanding "that the contractor shall look only to the funds and property of the trust for all payments due hereunder and not…
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