Cary-Lombard Lumber Co. v. Thomas

Mrs. Blora L. Thomas, a feme covert, was the owner of a lo.t, holding a fee-simple title thereto as her general estate. Desiring to improve it as a home, she, through her husband as her agent, and personally, entered into a contract with one Marcus Miller to build her a dwelling upon the lot at a cost not exceeding $2,000.

*589Miller put up the frame-work of the house, and did some other work upon it, but left it in an unfinished condition, after having drawn $500 of the contract price, and Mrs. Thomas and her husband were compelled to expend very much more than the price agreed upon in order to…