PINKHAM v. SALYER

No. 1631.

115 A.2d 519 (1955)

Earle W. PINKHAM and Elizabeth F. Pinkham, Appellants, v. Lloyd P. SALYER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 6, 1955.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Sanger, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom James T. Barbour, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Salyer contracted to build a house for Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham in Montgomery County, Maryland, for $34,400. He obtained an excavation permit, applied for a building permit, ordered certain materials and expended labor in clearing the land and other work preliminary to actual construction of the house. Soon afterwards it was reported that the type of soil on the lot was not suited for a septic tank, which was called for in the plans and specifications...

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