Haub

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover for certain plumbing materials and for work and labor done and performed by the plaintiff,

Just prior to the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition the defendants, owners of a lot of land near one of its principal entrances, let contracts for the erection of three small stores on their lot. One of those contracts was with the plaintiff, under the terms of which he was to furnish and install the plumbing in said building for a specified sum. Shortly after the opening of the Exposition the defendants, having probably discovered that the improvement of their property no longer promised the profitable investment they had anticipated, discontinued the construction of the stores. The plaintiff had proceeded with the, performance of his contract, but certain parts of his work could not be performed until the building had progressed to a certain stage; for example, the toilets could not be installed until the floor had been laid on which they were to rest, and the sinks could not be placed in position until the wainscoting on which they were to hang was ready to receive them. The plaintiff…