McDonald v. New Sewickley Township

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff sued to recover for a “fill on the approaches,” which he had made during the course of constructing a bridge for the defendant township. He claimed the fill was additional work; the court below construed the contract otherwise, and entered a judgment against him, from which he now appeals.

The contract provides that plaintiff, for a specified sum, is to “construct and complete in accordance with Plan No. S 228, specifications, and instructions to bidders, which are hereby made a part of this contract, a concrete and steel bridge” of a given size, but…