Dr Thomas Hay, Edinburgh v. James Scott and John Reid, Merchants, Leith, and Robert Burn, Architect, Trustees of Robert Inglis, Builder [1816] UKHL 6_Paton_145
Circumstances in which in a building contract, extra charges were sustained.This was an action raised by the trustees on Inglis' bankrupt estate for £1612 due to the bankrupt, under a building contract with the appellant, whereby Inglis built him several houses in Blair Street, Edinburgh.The question turned upon the particular facts; and, inter alia , the amount of extra charges made, in which, after having allowed a proof, the Court finally decerned against the appellant for £769.He took these interlocutors by appeal to the House of Lords, and that House affirmed the judgment of the Court below, with £100 costs.Counsel: For the Appellant, Wm. Adam, Fra. Horner, Andrew Rutherfurd. For the Respondents, Sir Saml. Romilly, John Tawse.