Hebb v. Welsh

This is an action of contract to recover damages by reason of the failure of the defendant to carry out and perform an agreement in writing by which he undertook “ to do all the plumbing work on two houses and one stable . . . according *336to the plans and specifications . . . the work to be completed in a substantial and thorough manner, accepted by the plumbing inspectors of the City of Boston, and to the satisfaction of the said W. C. Hebb.”

The defendant failed and refused to put in a soil pipe in the stable, and make the necessary connections, contending that this work was not required under…