Bullitt County v. Washer
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED, STATES FOR THE ■ DISTRICT OF. KENTUCKY. In contract. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
On thé 31st of December, 1879, W. T. Washer, Jacob Danenhauer and Peter Baecker commenced an action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky against Bullitt County in that State; to recover damages for .breach of a certain contract made between Washer and the county, and afterwards assigned by Washer to Danenhauer and Baecker, for the construction by Washer of a bridge over Pond Creek, between Bullitt and Jefferson counties.
A demurrer to their original petition having been sustained with leave to amend, the defendants in error, on the 24th of March, 1880, filed…
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