Legal Opinion

Elizabethtown & Paducah R. R. v. Geoghegan

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 17, 1872PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Cases 12-14 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEALS PROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Chitty on Contracts, 273. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 517. 1 Chitty’s Pleadings, 325. 1 Redfield on Railways, 406. 6 Har. & John. 44. 36 Maine, 201. 1 Gill, 342, Howard v. W. & S. Railroad Company. CITED 9 Dana, 206, Applegate v. Jacoby. Sedgwick on Damages, 422.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LINDSAY

delivered the opinion oe the court.

Appellees sued Patrick Morrissey, and summoned the Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad Company to answer as garnishee, claiming that certain moneys were due from that corporation to their debtor.

Morrissey contracted with the railroad company to grade its depot-grounds at'Elizabethtown, and, among other things, it was agreed between the contracting parties as follows: “ There shall be a monthly estimate made by the aforesaid *58engineer of the quantity, character, and value of the work done during the month, or since the last monthly estimate,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Applegate v. JacobyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Henderson Bridge Co. v. O'Connor & McCullochCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
  2. Kilbourne v. Burt & Brabb Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  3. Gropp v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  4. Elizabethtown Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950
  5. Elizabethtown Lincoln Mercury v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1950

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