Blayney v. Donegal Township

Plaintiff's action is in assumpsit to recover for an alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff in his statement of claim alleges that a written contract was entered into between himself and defendant township, whereby he agreed “to unload, haul and distribute sufficient slag from cars at the B. & 0. station at Vienna ... to properly complete the construction of three miles of road, known as the Haneytown Road;” in consideration whereof defendant agreed to pay him 70 cents per ton for all slag so hauled, to be paid bi-monthly; that when one-half of said three-mile section of road had been…