Davis v. Bush

Grates, Ch. J.

In 1869 Busli and Pattison constructed the International Hotel at Kalamazoo, for Davis, and in 1870 they sued him on the quantum meruit for the labor and materials. He set up in defense that the service and materials sued for were rendered under a special contract which fixed the price at thirty-one thousand dollars; that he had paid this price, and further,.that there were defects which entitled him. to recoup damage. The jury, under the instructions of the court, found against him, and he caused a bill of exceptions to be settled, and removed the cause hither by writ of error.…