Washington & Berkeley Bridge Co. v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. Action at law by the Pennsylvania Steel Company against the Washington & Berkeley Bridge Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
This suit in which the Pennsylvania Steel Company recovered a judgment against the Washington & Berkeley Bridge Company for $15,192.66 arose in this way: The bridge company having undertaken to construct a bridge across the Potomac river near Williamsport, Md., contracted with the steel company to furnish and put in position the steel girder spans. Under a contract similar in terms, Elmore & Llainilton Contracting Company undertook to furnish the material and construct the concrete piers or abutments. Mason D. Pratt, as engineer, agreed with the bridge company to…
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