Garrettson & Co. v. Rinehart & Dennis Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by E. L. Garrettson & Co. against the Rinehart & Dennis Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Poeeenbarger, Judge :
The loss of a verdict for $15,000.00 found and returned, as damages for an alleged breach of a contract for railroad construction work, and the award of a new trial constitute the complaint on this writ of error.
Having obtained a contract from the Norfolk and Western Railway Company for the grading, masonry and tunnel and trestlework required for its road bed between certain mile posts at Yivian, West Virginia, covering a distance of 2.70 miles, the Rinehart & Dennis Company, a corporation, sublet the work to E. L. Garrettson and Company, after having performed a portion…
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