Leeds & Co. v. Fassman

ÜSLEY, J.

A contract was made by Leeds & Co. and Henry Fassman for the construction and putting up of a steam engine at the Orleans Steam Cotton Press.

The plaintiffs sue for a balance due them on said contract, amounting, according to their petition, to $1,050 76.

The defendant pleads : 1. A general denial. 2. He admits the written agreement alleged by plaintiffs, 'and says that the plaintiffs bound themselves therein to deliver and erect the machinery on or before the 15th of August 1858; that in making the contract defendant II. Fassman, as the plaintiffs well knew, acted merely on behalf of…