1. The New York Court of Appeals found that Jacob & Youngs had substantially performed the contract. To what, if any, remedy was Kent entitled?

2. A requirement of substantial performance is good faith. Did Jacob & Youngs substantially perform all of the terms of the contract in good faith? Why or why not?

The plaintiff built a country residence for the defendant at a cost of upwards of $77,000, and now sues to recover a balance of $3,483.46, remaining unpaid. The work of construction ceased in June, 1914, and the defendant then began to occupy the dwelling. There was no complaint of defective performance until March, 1915. One of the specifications for the plumbing work provides that—

All wrought-iron pipe must be well galvanized, lap welded pipe of the grade known as “standard pipe” of Reading manufacture.