Keefer v. Sunbury School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 296, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 166, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George W. Keefer v. Sunbury Borough School District. Assumpsit on a building contract. Before Savidge, J. At the trial it appeared that in 1896, the school district of the borough of Sunbury determined to erect a high school building. The plans submitted by Wagner & Reitmeyer, architects, were accepted.
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Appeal, No. 296, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 166, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George W. Keefer v. Sunbury Borough School District. Assumpsit on a building contract. Before Savidge, J. At the trial it appeared that in 1896, the school district of the borough of Sunbury determined to erect a high school building. The plans submitted by Wagner & Reitmeyer, architects, were accepted. Proposals for the construction of the building were invited. These proposals were to be in accordance with specifications and drawings. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This is not a case in which the various parts of the specifications are contradictory and inconsistent, so as to require parol testimony to determine which portion expressed the meaning of the parties. The only question here presented is as to what the contract included, and whether it fairly contemplated the erection of the smoke, heat and ventilating flues and stacks. This called for a construction of the written terms of the agreement, and was therefore for the court.
We see no reason to differ from the views expressed by the trial judge in his analysis of the contract, and we…