Worden v. Connell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 125, Jan. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Hiram S. Worden v. Mary Connell. Assumpsit on a building contract. Before Purdy, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 125, Jan. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Hiram S. Worden v. Mary Connell. Assumpsit on a building contract. Before Purdy, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1-4) the rulings on evidence referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court; (5-12) portions of charge referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The plaintiff’s claim was for work and labor done…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Defendant, in 1895, was the owner of a lot of ground in the city of Scranton, and desired to build upon it a house at a cost of about $2,500. She secured the services of E. G. Worden, a resident architect, to design and prepare a plan and specifications, and also to supervise the work; when the plan was prepared, bids for the work, a frame dwelling, were solicited. There were a number of bidders, and the architect with the consent of Mrs. Connell, accepted that of his brother, M. E. Worden, and the contract was awarded to him; accordingly a writing was executed…
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