White v. Pittsburgh Vein Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1908, No. 317, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James D. White v. Pittsburgh Vein Coal Co. Assumpsit for services in surveying coal lands. Before Carpenter, J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,530.72. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, amongst others, was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of assumpsit for services and expenses in the surveying, etc., of coal lands. In January, 1901, plaintiff, a civil engineer at Pittsburgh, entered into a written contract with the defendant coal company, through J. V. Sloan, its secretary and treasurer, *147for the surveying and plotting of ten thousand acres of coal lands surrounding Roney’s Point in Ohio County, West Virginia, at the price of twenty-five cents an acre. The contract called for a completion of the work by March 15, 1901. The consideration of $2,500 was to be and was paid by…
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