Key legal question
Whether the architect had waived fees for the search and purchase of the land by remission of debt
Extracted holding
The architect had validly waived any claim for the land-search and land-purchase work; the client tacitly accepted this remission.
Extracted reasoning
Two express invoices stated that no claim would be made for those services. In light of the architect's own declarations, the client could trust that the architect intended to renounce the claim. No defect in consent was alleged.