Lambert v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This case and that of Veitch v. Jenkins, 107 Va. 68, 57 S. E. 574, arose out of a contract entered into between plaintiff in error, G. W. Lambert, and defendant in error, L. IT. Jenkins, which was construed in the first-named case.
The essential features of the contract are set out in Veitch v. Jenkins, supra, as follows: “ . . . L. H. Jenkins entered into a written agreement with . . . George W. Lambert, by which the latter engaged to purchase material, employ labor and superintend and erect lot the former a building in the city of Richmond for a book factory, in accordance with certain plans…
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