Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company v. Knapp and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court bf the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. Tliis was an action of assumpsit, instituted originally in the county court of Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland; and by agreement of the parties transferred, with all the pleadings, depositions and other proceedings therein, to the circuit court of the United State's for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. . The declaration contained…
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IN error to the circuit court bf the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. Tliis was an action of assumpsit, instituted originally in the county court of Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland; and by agreement of the parties transferred, with all the pleadings, depositions and other proceedings therein, to the circuit court of the United State's for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. . The declaration contained nine counts: the first, second and third, for goods sold and delivered; the fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth, for work,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr’Justice M’Lean
delivered’ the opinion of the Court
This-ease -is -brough t before' this court,' by writrof error to the -"eircaif court for the District of Columbia.
The defendants here, who were plaintiffs in the circuit court, commenced an action of assumpsit to recover a large, sum alleged to be due, for the construction of certain locks, &c. from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; and filed their declaration, containing nine general cpunte'of indebitatus assumpsit, for work done and materials found, money laid out and expended, an account stated, &c.; and the defendants pleaded the…
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