American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. v. Yonan

This is an appeal from a judgment in appellee’s favor in an action brought by him to recover damages for breach of contract. The overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial is the only error assigned and relied on for reversal. Hence, for the purpose of the questions presented by the appeal, it will only be necessary to indicate in a general way the scope and character of the pleadings.

The complaint is in three paragraphs, each based on a written contract which reads as follows:

“Gary, Indiana,, September 12, 1911. The labor contract for painting of all the houses under construction and…