Klein v. Puritan Fashions, Inc.

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs sued for and got a $10,146.21 verdict and judgment for the balance claimed due in quantum meruit for plumbing installations at defendant’s garment factory. The defendant appeals. We affirm plaintiffs’ judgment.

Plaintiffs pleaded that at defendant’s request they furnished plumbing materials and labor valued at $41,446.21, but that defendant had paid only $31,300. The defendant answered that the plaintiffs had expressly contracted to do the work for $31,300.

On trial the factual issue was whether plaintiffs had agreed to do the work for its reasonable value or…