Steele v. Apollo Borough School District

Graff, P. J.,

During the school year of 1925-1926, the plaintiff delivered coal to the defendant school district for the purpose of heating the school buildings. After advertising for bids, a written contract was entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant, by the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to deliver the coal required and the defendant agreed to pay therefor the sum of 12 cents per bushel. It was further stipulated that the coal should be weighed upon the scales of the Apollo Steel Company. This condition was also contained in the advertisement for bids. Steele weighed a…