Ahrens v. Reading
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 320, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., March T., 1915, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of H. E. Ahrens and W. B. Ahrens, trading as H. E. Ahrens Co. v. City of Beading. Assumpsit on a contract for the construction of filter beds. Before Endlioit, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiffs for $15,831.02- and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 320, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., March T., 1915, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of H. E. Ahrens and W. B. Ahrens, trading as H. E. Ahrens Co. v. City of Beading. Assumpsit on a contract for the construction of filter beds. Before Endlioit, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiffs for $15,831.02- and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were instructions to the jury and in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschzisker,
The plaintiffs sued to' recover on a written contract with the City of Reading for the construction of filter beds, claiming $23,780.09; they obtained a verdict for $15,831.02, upon which judgment was entered, and defendant has appealed.
About three fourths of the amount sued for represents the contract price of additional work and material furnished by plaintiffs, which entered into the construction of foundations and flooring of the filter beds; and the remaining one-fourth, the stipulated price of additional concrete used by plaintiffs in erecting the roofs…
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