Garvin v. Daussman

Jacob Daussman and Henry Alexander, partners under the firm name of Jacob Daussman & Co., complained of Thomas E. Garvin, and alleged that they had been awarded the contract for the improvement of a certain street in the city of Evansville, which improvement it is averred had been regularly ordered, and the contract therefor duly let, by the common council of the city. The plaintiffs claimed that they had fully executed their contract and completed the improvement, and that the cost thereof had been duly estimated, apportioned and assessed as the law requires.

It is averred that the defendant…