Blakeslee v. Holt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a special contract, with the common counts; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court on the general issue before Beardsley, J. Judgment for the plaintiff and motion for a new trial by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPoster, J.
The special contract made by the parties in tins case not having been fully performed, it was conceded by the plaintiff that there could be no recovery on the first count in the declaration. The claim to recover was on the common counts.
The plaintiff and defendant, on the 21st of January, 1871, entered into the following contract: “ This agreement, made this 21st day of January, 1871, by and between Alfred Holt and C. W. Blakeslee: Blakeslee agrees to do all the mason work for a house to be built in Newhallville, according to plans and specifications shown, for the said Holt, for a building…
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