Livingston v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Circuit Court for Duval county. STATEMENT. On the loth day of April, A. D. 1884, Thomas N. Anderson and C. O. Livingston signed articles of agreement under seal, by the terms of which Anderson covenanted and agreed to build for Livingston a brick building in the city of Jacksonville, according to the plans and specifications attached to the agreement, to do the work in a faithful and workmanlike manner, and to 1 ecome responsible for all labor and material…
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Appeal from Circuit Court for Duval county. STATEMENT. On the loth day of April, A. D. 1884, Thomas N. Anderson and C. O. Livingston signed articles of agreement under seal, by the terms of which Anderson covenanted and agreed to build for Livingston a brick building in the city of Jacksonville, according to the plans and specifications attached to the agreement, to do the work in a faithful and workmanlike manner, and to 1 ecome responsible for all labor and material necessary for the construction of said building. The work was to commence on or before the sixteenth day of April, A. D. 1884,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The first error assigned by appellant is the decision of the court sustaining the demurrer to his plea. The record shows that a replication was first filed to this plea, and subsequently, without regard to the replication. the demurrer was filed. No objection, it appears, was made to this course in the trial court, and no exception is based upon it here. We will consider the demurrer, as it is treated by the parties, as properly filed to the plea.
The suit is instituted upon articles of agreement, under seal, containing mutual covenants on the part *123of appellant and appellee. The…
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