Coyner v. Lynde

The appellant was the plaintiff, and the appellees the defendants. The plaintiff was a contractor with the Richmond and Newcastle Railroad Company, for the construction of a portion of said road. The defendants undertook, and agreed with the plaintiff, to complete a portion of that contract, to-wit, to grade the road, for which they were to receive from the company the same rates per yard, &e., that the plaintiff was to have received, and said defendants were to pay the plaintiff a certain portion of the sum so received, to-wit, so much per yard, &c., as a premium, or for the privilege of…