DERMOTT v. JONES


69 U.S. 1 (1864)

2 Wall. 1

DERMOTT v. JONES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Carlisle and Davidge for the builder.

Messrs. Poe and Brent contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant in error insists that all the work he was required to do is set forth in the specifications, and that, having fulfilled his contract in a workmanlike manner, he is not responsible for defects arising from a cause of which he was ignorant, and which he had no agency in producing.

Without examining the soundness of this proposition, it is sufficient to...

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