Chapman v. County Court of Wayne County

Woods, Judge :

This was an action of assumpsit brought in the circuit court of Wayne county by William F. Chapman against the county court of Wayne coimty to recover the contract price for the making of a public road.

Besides the common counts the declaration contained the following special count:

"And for this, that heretofore, to-wit, on August 10, 1880, the said defendant, by its commissioner, G. F. Ratliff, entered into a contract with this plaintiff for the building of a certain piece of road in said county by the plaintiff over what is known as the Blankinship Hill, for which work to be…