BARNES v. BECK

Docket No. 35, Calendar No. 47,078.

348 Mich. 286 (1957)

83 N.W.2d 228

BARNES v. BECK.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Cook (Stuart D. Hubbell, of counsel), for plaintiff.

James R. Zerafa, for defendants.


BLACK, J.

This case is an instance of what is getting to be chronic litigation between home owner and contractor. The one invariably claims that the contractor agreed to build a house on his lot for so much money, whereas the other usually insists that the agreed arrangement was that of "cost plus" construction. The parties in cases of such nature rarely reduce their commitments to writing. When they do, apparently inevitable controversies respecting extras and subsequent...

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