O'Brien v. Anniston Pipe-Works
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action l)y Workman against Employer, for Damages for Breach of Contract. Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. This action seems to have been brought by W. P. O’Brien against the Anniston Pipe-Works, to recover compensation for work and labor done by plaintiff for defendant, or damages for an alleged breach of the contract between them. The transcript has not come to the hands of the reporter, and he can only publish the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— On July 8, 1887, the parties entered into a written contract, by ..which plaintiff agreed to furnish at his own cost and expense all necessary materials, labor and tools, and to do all grading and excavating at the buildings and plants of the Anniston Pipe-Works, in a substantial and workmanlike manner, according to the plans and specifications furnished by the engineer or superintendent, for the sum of twenty cents for every cubic yarcl of surface excavation, and twenty-five cents for every cubic yard of excavations for pits, and to pay the company eight cents for every cubic yard of earth…
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