Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Hughes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant County. Tried below before Hon. C. T. Prewett.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, Chief Justice.
John P. Hughes, deceased, under a contract with appellant, constructed for it the roadbed for a line of railway between the town of Burnet and the town of Lampasas. By the terms of the contract appellant was to pay Hughes specified prices for the different kinds of work necessary in the construction of the roadbed, among which was $6 per cubic yard for box culvert masonry and $5 per cubic yard for paving grouted. By direction of appellant’s engineer the paving to be done in the .culverts was changed from grouted, as specified in the contract, to rubble. One hundred and…
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- City of Duluth v. McDonnellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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