McCann v. McCrea
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 8, Phila. Co., March T., 1899, No. 172, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John McCann v. John McCrea. Assumpsit on a contract in writing.
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Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 8, Phila. Co., March T., 1899, No. 172, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John McCann v. John McCrea. Assumpsit on a contract in writing. Before McCarthy, J. From the record it appeared that on June 2, 1897, the plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract whereby the former agreed with the latter to provide the material and do the work necessary for the slate roofing of nineteen houses being erected by the defendant on North 63d street, West Philadelphia, for $175 per house, payment thereof to be made as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The defendant, intending to construct a number of houses, entered into a written agreement with the plaintiff to do the work of roofing. For this the latter was to be paid partly in cash and, as provided in the copy of a written agreement appended to the statement of claim, “ five hundred is to be in a second mortgage on one of said houses, having a lot thereto of forty by one hundred and fifty feet, said mortgage to be at the rate of six per cent per annum, and the house on which *459it is given to be clear of encumbrance, only a first mortgage of fifty-five…
2Cited by1 opinion
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