Wallace v. Chappelle

The principal questions to be decided arise out of the pleadings, consisting of the complaint, the answer and the reply to the answer. The complaint alleges a cause of action on contract. In substance, it' alleges that plaintiff Chappelle agreed to paint houses for defendant then in course of construction, or to be constructed thereafter, for $90 per house, and that defendant agreed to pay him $90 for each house painted; that between May, 1929, and July, 1932, under said agreement, plaintiff painted for defendant sixty-six houses and was paid on account by defendant $60 per house, leaving a…