Rice v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 198, Jan. T., 1895, by G. Heide Norris, one of the defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 184, sustaining exceptions to report of referee. Assumpsit to recover on a contract for locating and surveying a railroad. The case was referred by agreement to N. Dubois Miller, Esq., as referee. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The referee found for the defendants.
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Appeal, No. 198, Jan. T., 1895, by G. Heide Norris, one of the defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 184, sustaining exceptions to report of referee. Assumpsit to recover on a contract for locating and surveying a railroad. The case was referred by agreement to N. Dubois Miller, Esq., as referee. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The referee found for the defendants. Exceptions to the referee’s report were sustained by the court in an opinion by Jenkins, J., and judgment entered for plaintiff for $5,000, with interest from…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
Plaintiff, on 16th of November, 1891, sued defendants to recover $5,000 with interest from 28th of September, 1889. He was a citizen of Missouri, and civil engineer by profession. It appears that during the years 1886 and 1887 he was employed *93by C. E. Jackson, one of defendants, A. E. Quintaj-d and others, to survey a railway line in Illinois for the Paducah & Mt. Vernon Railway Company, an Illinois corporation chartered in December, 1886; he was also to procure releases for right of way and contributions towards its construction from those along the line benefited.…
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