Steiner

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4,278 for architectural services rendered.

Questions Presented

1. Sufficiency of evidence.

2. Statute of limitations.

1. Evidence.

Plaintiff was a licensed architect. In April, 1953, Mr. Parker, defendant’s husband, visited plaintiff’s office and discussed the improvement of Berkeley property owned by Parker and defendant in joint tenancy. Thereafter plaintiff worked on designs for a medical building, a women’s dormitory and an apartment house. Subsequently plaintiff and Mr. Parker had “perhaps a dozen” conferences concerning the architectural work at which defendant was present at “perhaps half of them” and participated in the discussions.

December 5, 1953, Parker died, at which time defendant requested plaintiff to cease the work. About a week later she requested him to continue with the plans on the apartment house. In mid-January, 1954, defendant ordered plaintiff to stop. At this time the work was in the final preliminary drawing stage of the apartment house project. On May 18, 1953, plaintiff sent Mr. and Mrs. Parker a letter outlining the architectural services to be rendered and the fees to be…