Claim of Haskell v. Hitchcock

Arthur M. Sweet owned a farm in Chautauqua county. In the fall of 1938 he decided to build a barn to replace one that had burned down some months before. He consulted with Harry Hitchcock, a carpenter and barn builder, and made an agreement with Hitchcock to build this barn by which Hitchcock agreed to do all the labor. Sweet agreed to pay Hitchcock $1,375 for this work, to furnish all the material and to carry the necessary workmen’s compensation insurance at bis own expense. Sweet was building a silo at the same time and he also wanted the men who worked on the silo covered for workmen’s…