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1 D.C. 249

Baker v. Herty

District of Columbia District Court · decided 1805-07-15

Indebitatus assumpsit and quantum meruit, for work and labor done as extra work; a special contract under seal having been made for building a house of a certain plan and description, which contained the following clause: “ And it is mutually agreed upon that in case any misunderstanding shall take place in relation to the bill of particulars or any other misconception or want of appropriate words to convey the true intent and meaning of said parties, or in case any material…

Decided 1805-07-15

¶1The Court refused. Kilty, C. J., doubting as to the evidence respecting alterations in the two first stories, the. original agreement being for a two-story house.

Cranch, J.

¶2The whole extra work, whether it consist in alterations or additions to the original plan, or bill of particulars is within the covenant; but as no persons have been chosen to ascertain the value of the extra work under that covenant, the *250plaintiff is not deprived of his original cause of action on a quantum meruit, and can only resort to the covenant for damages against the defendant for not appointing a person on his part to ascertain the value of the extra work. The defendant, in not paying for such work, has not committed any breach of that covenant.

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