A. & S. Wilson Co. v. Reighard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant', from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1906, No. 373, on verdict for plaintiff in case of A. & S. Wilson Company v. D. P. Reighard. Assumpsit for labor and materials.
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Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant', from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1906, No. 373, on verdict for plaintiff in case of A. & S. Wilson Company v. D. P. Reighard. Assumpsit for labor and materials. Before Kennedy, P. J. The plaintiff’s statement of claim was as follows: The A. & S. Wilson Company, the plaintiff above named claims of D. P. Reighard, the defendant above named, the sum of $1,324.95, with interest from June 1, 1903, and for a statement of its cause of action says: A. & S. Wilson Company, the plaintiff above named, is a corporation organized and…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This action was to recover for labor and materials furnished for the completion of a building. The statement of claim contained the common counts in indebitatus as-sumpsit and on a quantum meruit and a detailed statement of the work done and materials furnished together with an item of profit of ten per cent on the cost. Various grounds of defense were set up by the affidavit of defense, but the employment was admitted and an express agreement to pay cost plus ten per cent was averred. At the trial the plaintiff proved an oral contract as averred by the defendant. It is claimed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eckel v. MurpheySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Brown v. FosterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Harris v. LiggetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Bridgeman Bros. v. SwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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