Lauman v. Young
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of covenant, by Young & Cameron against George M. Lauman, for refusing to permit the plaintiffs to complete their contract for the grading of a portion of the Lebanon Yalley Railroad. The Lebanon Yalley Railroad Company was organized in 1853, and agreed with George M. Lauman, the defendant below, for the construction of 15 miles of their road, lying between Harrisburg and Palmyra.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of covenant, by Young & Cameron against George M. Lauman, for refusing to permit the plaintiffs to complete their contract for the grading of a portion of the Lebanon Yalley Railroad. The Lebanon Yalley Railroad Company was organized in 1853, and agreed with George M. Lauman, the defendant below, for the construction of 15 miles of their road, lying between Harrisburg and Palmyra. On the 27th June 1854, Lauman entered into a written contract with Young & Cameron, the plaintiffs, for the grading of sections No. 47 and 48. This…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
1. The first assignment of error is not sustained. The sub-letting to Fisher & Taylor of section No. 48, by the plaintiffs, had taken place a month and a half before the contract between the plaintiffs and defendant was executed, doubtless, under some previous arrangement that the plaintiffs were to have the contract for building sections No. 47 and 48. An estimate had been paid on the work done by the sub-contractors, and they were in active operation on the work at the time. They continued on afterwards, without objection by the defendant…
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