Skobis v. Ferge
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. SiebeoKee, Circuit Judge. In March, 1896, the Boa/rd of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, having decided to make certain additions and repairs to Ladies’ Hall, entered into a contract with Thomas E. Bentley, of Milwaukee, for the construction thereof, to be completed .by January 1, 1897, for the sum of $50,742, to be paid, $5,000 on the 1st of August, 1896; $10,000 on the 1st of October, 1896; and the…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. SiebeoKee, Circuit Judge. In March, 1896, the Boa/rd of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, having decided to make certain additions and repairs to Ladies’ Hall, entered into a contract with Thomas E. Bentley, of Milwaukee, for the construction thereof, to be completed .by January 1, 1897, for the sum of $50,742, to be paid, $5,000 on the 1st of August, 1896; $10,000 on the 1st of October, 1896; and the balance between February 1 and March 1, 1897; “ all payments to be made upon written certificates of the architects to…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 16, 1898:
Dodge, J.
The court having reached the conclusion that the defendant the board of regents is not liable beyond the balance of $2,833.69 remaining in its hands and by its answer offered to be paid into court; also, that the defendant Ferge is not entitled to any part thereof; there remains the question how the fund should be apportioned among the four assignees, viz., the plaintiffs Skobis Brothers and the defendants Rohde & Patelc Brothers, Stephens on & Studeman, and William Owens. This question, necessarily involved in directing final…
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