After a very full hearing before the auditor, which “ took a long time ” and in which all the testimony was gone into, the auditor reported among other things as follows:

“ When the plaintiff ceased to furnish labor on June 21st he had about one third of the work performed that was called for *584by his contract. I find, however, that the work was not performed in a skilful and workmanlike manner, nor in accordance with the plans and specifications. The sill laid on the top of the brick wall of house A. was not laid at equal distance from the outside face of the brick wall as required by the plans. Many of the partitions were crooked, bulging in places, and out of plumb; two of the partitions which were required to be straight by the plans had a jog of one or two inches; on account of the imperfect placing of partitions some rooms and halls were not square. The studding in many of the partitions was insufficient and some of the studs were too short to furnish any support for the floors above them, and many of the floors sagged some two inches and were not level. The floor joists were not properly bridged and in consequence of this the brick arches of some of the fireplaces were insufficiently supported and settled or fell; the work also was defective in other respects, and was not done to the satisfaction of the architect.

“I find that these defects and imperfections constituted a breach of the plaintiff’s contract, and justified J. C. Walsh & Co. in preventing him from continuing the work after June 21st. After that date J. C. Walsh & Company completed the work comprised in the plaintiff’s contract with their own men, some of the work done by the plaintiff had to be- taken out and rebuilt, the rest of it was straightened and remedied in the most economical way available.

“ For remedying the defects in the plaintiff’s work and completing the work which the plaintiff had contracted to do for

$1,875, J. C. Walsh & Co. paid out.......$2,097

“ They also paid to the plaintiff, as stated in the plaintiff’s account............. 825

Total..............$2,422,

so that J. C. Walsh & Co. have lost $547, besides their profit by reason of the plaintiff’s failure to perform his contract. I find that the work furnished by the plaintiff was of no value to J. C. Walsh & Co., that he owes them nothing therefore and that the plaintiff has no lien on the property of the respondent.”

At the trial before the jury the petitioner introduced in opposition to the report the evidence of himself and his foreman, but we think that their testimony, while in some respects ineon*585sistent with the statements contained in the report, came far short of meeting it, and that on the whole the evidence was insufficient to warrant a verdict for the petitioner. See Wyman v. Whicher, 179 Mass. 276, and cases there cited.

Judgment on the verdict.