Weldon Newfield Was Having a Custom Home Built

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Essay

Weldon Newfield was having a custom home built.He had a list of certain materials the contractor was to use in building the $270,000 home.Newfield was in Europe and the contractor could not find "Reading Copper Pipe" - one of the required materials.Since Newfield could not be reached and the contractor was under a time schedule,the decision was made to use another brand of copper pipe.When Newfield returned and learned of the problem,he refused to pay any remaining amounts due on the contract ($235,000).Can Newfield do that?