Elliott v. Wolfer

Plaintiff Elliott entered into a written contract with the defendant Wolfer for painting and decorating the latter’s house then in process of construction. Before the work was entirely completed, but when practically finished, the owner assuming, under the contract, that he possessed the power to put an end thereto upon a certificate by the architect that a good cause therefor existed because of a default of the contractor, declared the same terminated and served upon plaintiff written notice to that effect and forbade him from entering upon the premises. The contractor sues for the contract…