Woods v. Ingersoll
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS action was brought by the deputy surveyor of Bed-ford county, to recover from the defendants the fees due for surveying one hundred, and fifteen tracts of land of four hundred acres each, at the rate of 9 dollars 33 cents the tract; which is the full legal charge, deducting the fee for plot and return, which the plaintiff, in consequence of the defendants’ refusal to pay, had never made.
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THIS action was brought by the deputy surveyor of Bed-ford county, to recover from the defendants the fees due for surveying one hundred, and fifteen tracts of land of four hundred acres each, at the rate of 9 dollars 33 cents the tract; which is the full legal charge, deducting the fee for plot and return, which the plaintiff, in consequence of the defendants’ refusal to pay, had never made. It was proved upon the trial, that the plaintiff or his assistant had gone upon the lands and had laid the warrants, some of which were leading warrants and the rest adjoining, according to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants for his services as a deputy surveyor in surveying 115 tracts of 400 acres each. The plaintiff’s charge was 9 dollars 33 cents for each tract, which is the full legal charge; that is, ten dollars a tract, deducting five shillings, the fee for the plot and return, because the surveys were not returned by plaintiff. He held back the return until his fees should be paid him.
The jury found for the plaintiff 1073 dolls. 33 cents, being the full amount of his claim without interest.
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