Paine v. Spottiswoode

ROBERTS, Justice.

Defendants John Spottiswoode and Dow-neast Construction and Development Corporation appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzche, J.) that accepted a referee’s recommendation finding Spottiswoode liable for numerous defects in the construction of a house owned by plaintiffs Edward and Joyce Paine. Spottiswoode is the owner of Downeast Construction and they were the general contractors on the construction project. On appeal Spottiswoode contends that the referee 1) improperly increased the scope of his obligations to the owner; 2) made damage…