Rinaudo v. Treadwell

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover from a building contractor the cost of remedying certain defects in several buildings constructed for the plaintiff. The contract was made on a cost-plus basis, allowing the contractor for his services 10% on the cost of the labor and materials used in the buildings. The contract was a verbal one; hence there is some dispute about its terms or details.

There are six distinct claims for remedies and repairs which the plaintiff alleges he was obliged to make after the buildings were turned over to him. The buildings consisted of a number of…