"effi" wrote in message
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get a lawyer

though you never said he was conducting business through a corporation,
some of the other posters in this thread assumed he was conducting usiness
as a corporation (even the one smart enough to steer you towards a
lawyer), showing how easy mistakes can be created about contract issues

again, get a lawyer

And this time, if he goes belly up, you have a useless piece of paper that
was approved by a lawyer. What you need is some materials delivered and
paid for by the contractor to make good on the $$$ he already took.