Plaintiff is the appellant. The plaintiff was carrying on contract business in the matter of construction of houses. The first defendant is the wife and second defendant is the husband. The first defendant was the owner of the premises bearing Door No.184, North Veli Street, Madurai in T.S.No.752/1, and the second defendant was the owner of premises bearing Door No.12, Goods Shed Street, Madurai.

2.The case of the plaintiff is that on 110. 1975 the plaintiff agreed to do contract work of constructing a ground floor in Door No.184, North Veli Street, Madurai in T.S.No.732/1 and an agreement Ex.A-1 was entered into containing the terms and conditions thereof. The plaintiff commenced and completed the work of constructing the ground floor on 22. 1976, Then a second agreement Ex.A-7 was entered into on 15. 1976 for construction of first and second floors in the same premises. During the subsistence of the second agreement an oral agreement was also entered into between the plaintiff and the second defendant for doing some repair work in Door No.12, Goods Shed Street, Madurai. The work of second agreement in respect of Door No.184, and the work of oral agreement in respect of