First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Blakeslee

The object of this action is to recover for professional services rendered by the law firm of Ailing, Webb 6=? Morehouse to G. W. Blakeslee 6s? Sons, a Co-partnership, which for convenience will be referred to as the contractors.

In 191?, the contractors began the construction of a dam for the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Hartford. Among abnormal conditions created by the war during 1916 and 1917 was a scarcity of labor and materials with a resulting algebraic increase in the cost of both. Accordingly, the contractors notified tlhe Board that they intended to stop operations…