Grunwald v. Hahn

Citations

• 176 Pa. 37
• 34 A. 972
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1037

Syllabus

<p>Gontract— Building contract — Perform anee.</p> <p>Plaintiff agreed to do the carpenter work for a number of houses which defendant was building, and to take in payment part cash and the conveyance of two houses. He furnished a statement to the defendant showing the amount of cash due for the balance. Defendant tendered the amount stated and a conveyance of two houses. Plaintiff refused the tender, claiming certain defects in the houses, and that he had made a mistake in his statement, and that a larger amount of cash was due. The evidence showed that the defects were in trivial matters, and could have been remedied at a trifling cost. Held, that neither the trivial defects in the buildings nor the refusal to pay the disputed balance justified the plaintiff in refusing to take the houses, or entitles him to a recovery of the whole consideration in money.</p>