Bartlett v. Stanchfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover the price of a dwelling-house erected by the plaintiff for the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Blodgett, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant alleged exceptions. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The only question presented by the exceptions concerns the defendant’s liability for extra work and materials furnished in connection with a house which the plaintiff had been building for the defendant under a written contract. The contract contained the following clause: “ And it is further agreed, that should the owner, during the progress of said construction, request any alteration of, addition to, deviation from, or omissions concerning the construction of said house, as set forth herein and in said plans and specifications, the same shall be made by the said Bartlett, and shall in no…
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