Anderson Bridge Co. v. Applegate

The appellees, who were the plaintiffs, brought an action against The Anderson Bridge Company, upon two promissory notes, each for the payment of 700 dollars, and each of which bears date October 1, 1854.

Defendants, in their answer, aver substantially that, in the year 1854, they entered into a written contract with the plaintiffs, whereby they agreed to construct a bridge across Anderson River, in Perry county, according to a plan furnished by them, the sufficiency of which they guarantied, and for the construction of which, in accordance with such plan, the defendants agreed to pay the…