Legal Opinion
Billings v. . Wilby
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 22, 1918PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The action was to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract conferring on plaintiff the right to construct the pipeline for a sewer from the new Federal building in Wilkesboro, N.C. On denial of the contract and any and all liability thereunder, the jury rendered the following verdict:
1. Did defendant enter into a contract with plaintiff A. U. Billings to employ said Billings to cut the ditch and lay the sewer line at the price of 40 cents per running foot, as alleged in the complaint? Answer: "Yes."
2. Was the plaintiff able, willing, and ready to do and perform the work according to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sanders v. Pottlitzer Bros. Fruit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Gooding v. . MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Teal v. . TempletonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Wilkins v. Vass Cotton MillsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gibson v. De La Salle InstituteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Power Service Corporation v. JoslinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- N. Jacobi Hardware Co. v. VietorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
- Gibson v. De La Salle InstituteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944