J. Shlainsey, Inc. v. Aitken

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.

This action is to recover a balance due on a contract to renovate a theatre building. It was tried in the Camden County Circuit Court by Judge Shay who granted the plaintiff-respondent’s motion for a directed verdict against the defendants-appellants. We conclude that the trial court was right, for reasons to be stated, which leads to the affirmance of the judgment appealed from.

The Aitkens, defendants-appellants, contracted in writing with J. Shlainsey, Inc., plaintiff-respondent, a building contractor, sometime in April, 1938, the contract…