Barger v. Chevron, Inc.

ACKER, J.,

Preliminary objections have been filed to a counterclaim to an action in assumpsit. Because the matter arises from a common factual background, it is necessary to inform the reader in a general way of the nature of plaintiff’s claim to understand the alleged basis of the counterclaim. According to the complaint1 defendant requested plaintiff to construct a building on an oral contract at a fair and reasonable “market value” at the time furnished. That value, it is claimed by plaintiff, was $3,226. The work was to be completed on or about March 1971. To this, defendant filed an…