Corcoran v. Huey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 211, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1909, No. 35, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of P. H. Corcoran and W. J. Corcoran, trading as Corcoran Bros., v. John E. Huey and C. W. Talbot. Assumpsit for work and labor done. Before Hemp-hill, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,896.36. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 211, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1909, No. 35, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of P. H. Corcoran and W. J. Corcoran, trading as Corcoran Bros., v. John E. Huey and C. W. Talbot. Assumpsit for work and labor done. Before Hemp-hill, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,896.36. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to strike out the testimony referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court, and refusal of binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
A company chartered and organized to supply with gas two towns, and the intervening territory, all in Chester county, entered into an agreement with the Philadelphia Engineering Company for the construction of its system. The latter company contracted with the plaintiffs in the present action for the digging of the trenches for the pipes between the towns. The evidence introduced on behalf of plaintiffs was to the effect that they entered upon their work, and had proceeded with it until about one-third was completed, when, having received no pay for the work…
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