Gilchrist v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Crawford county. Daniel Rogers against John Gilchrist. This was an action on the case in assumpsit, the facts of which are sufficiently stated in the opinions delivered:
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The plaintiff in error, who was the defendant in the court below, was a contractor for making a section on the Erie extension of the Pennsylvania Canal, at or near Hartstown, in Crawford county, and in March 1839 sub-let the making of it to a Niel O’Donnell, who employed hands for the purpose of doing the work, among whom was the defendant in error, to whom, on settlement, there was a balance of §47 or §48 coming from O’Donnell. The defendant in error brought this action against the plaintiff in error for the purpose of recovering this…
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