The Obligations of Contractors

If one hired craftsmen and they deceived each other, they have no legally valid complaint against each other but only cause for complaint. If one hired a donkey driver or a wagon driver to bring litter bearers or pipers for a bride or for the dead, or laborers to take his flax out of the steep, or any matter that would be lost if delayed, and they retracted, if it was a place where there were no others [who could be hired for the same wage], he may hire others at their [the original workers’] expense, or he may deceive them.