Adinolfi v. Hazlett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 65, Jan. T., 1913, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept, T., 1910, No. 497, on verdict for defendant in case of Tony Adinolfi v. W. A. Hazlett. Assumpsit to recover a balance alleged to be due on a subcontract for tbe construction of certain stone work.
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Appeal, No. 65, Jan. T., 1913, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept, T., 1910, No. 497, on verdict for defendant in case of Tony Adinolfi v. W. A. Hazlett. Assumpsit to recover a balance alleged to be due on a subcontract for tbe construction of certain stone work. Before Umbel, P. J. The defendant Hazlett was a general contractor, who bad entered into a contract with plaintiff Adinolfi for tbe construction of certain stone work by Adinolfi on a church building, which was being erected by Hazlett. Tbe ninth article of tbe subcontract provided that tbe contract price of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bbown,
The single question raised on this appeal is the constitutionality of the Act of June 1,1907, P. L. 381, which is as follows: “No provision in any contract providing, either in express words or in substance and effect, that an award or appraisement of an engineer, architect, or other person shall be final or conclusive, nor any provision that a certificate of an engineer, architect or other person shall be a condition precedent to maintaining an action on such contract, shall oust the jurisdiction of the courts; but any controversy arising on any contract…
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