Dornblatt v. Carlton

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Dornblatt v. Carlton

73 S.E. 1085, 10 Ga. App. 741, 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 666

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedMarch 6, 1912

Docket3817

StatusPublished

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Dornblatt v. Carlton, 73 S.E. 1085, 10 Ga. App. 741, 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 666 (Ga. Ct. App. 1912).

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Pottle, J.

Carlton employed Dornblatt to install a hot-water plant in his dwelling, and paid him the full amount of the purchase-price, upon Dornblatt’s assurance that the work would prove satisfactory and that if it did not, he would make it so. The work not proving satisfactory, Carlton had it overhauled at an alleged expense of $687.67, for which he sued Dornblatt. The jury found for Carlton $604.87 principal, and Dornblatt’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The 'only defense insisted upon here is that inasmuch as Dornblatt offered to make the necessary changes for $175, and to give bond for the satisfactory performance of the work, this sum fixed the measure of the plaintiff’s damage.

We can not assent to this view. The questions for the jury were: Was Carlton damaged ? And if so, how much ? The defendant’s estimate of the sum necessary to bring about a compliance with his ' contract was not conclusive, nor did his offer to give bond to do the work for the sum so fixed by him bind the plaintiff to entrust the repairs to him. Assuming, as the jury found, that it would cost slightly more than $600, the plaintiff was not bound to give the defendant an opportunity to do further unsatisfactory work, merely [742]*742because he offered a bond, upon which the plaintiff might sue for the ultimate damages he would sustain. The jury found that the defendant had failed to perform his contract. The plaintiff had a right to have the work done in accordance with this contract and charge the defendant with'what the repairs were reasonably worth in the market. The verdict was warranted by the evidence, and no error of law was committed. Judgment affirmed.

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Pottle, J.

Carlton employed Dornblatt to install a hot-water plant in his dwelling, and paid him the full amount of the purchase-price, upon Dornblatt’s assurance that the work would prove satisfactory and that if it did not, he would make it so. The work not proving satisfactory, Carlton had it overhauled at an alleged expense of $687.67, for which he sued Dornblatt. The jury found for Carlton $604.87 principal, and Dornblatt’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The 'only defense insisted upon here is that inasmuch as Dornblatt offered to make the necessary changes for $175, and to give bond for the satisfactory performance of the work, this sum fixed the measure of the plaintiff’s damage.

We can not assent to this view. The questions for the jury were: Was Carlton damaged ? And if so, how much ? The defendant’s estimate of the sum necessary to bring about a compliance with his ' contract was not conclusive, nor did his offer to give bond to do the work for the sum so fixed by him bind the plaintiff to entrust the repairs to him. Assuming, as the jury found, that it would cost slightly more than $600, the plaintiff was not bound to give the defendant an opportunity to do further unsatisfactory work, merely [742]*742because he offered a bond, upon which the plaintiff might sue for the ultimate damages he would sustain. The jury found that the defendant had failed to perform his contract. The plaintiff had a right to have the work done in accordance with this contract and charge the defendant with'what the repairs were reasonably worth in the market. The verdict was warranted by the evidence, and no error of law was committed. Judgment affirmed.

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