Key legal question
Whether the plaintiff contracted with the general contractor or with the homeowners for the exterior works
Extracted holding
The plaintiff contracted with the defendant construction company, not directly with the homeowners.
Extracted reasoning
The surrounding circumstances and conduct allowed the inference, under the trust principle, that the landscaper could in good faith understand the contractor as his contractual partner; he dealt only with the company until completion and was never told it acted in the homeowners' name.