Davis v. Pendennis Club

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

— Affirming in part and reversing in part.

Brinton B. Davis, an architect, sued the Pendennis Club to recover compensation for services rendered. Since several rulings of the circuit court regulating the admission of evidence and respecting the. instructions to the jury are assailed, an understanding of the specific issues made by the pleadings is necessary.

Davis alleged in the first paragraph of his petition that he had prepared, under employment by the defendant, plans and ■working drawings for a nine-story clubhouse, which work was reasonably worth…