Rittenhouse v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city: This was an action brought by the appellant against the appellee to recover damages “for a breach and violation by the defendant of its contract and agreement with the plaintiff/’’ whereby'the latter agreed “to execute and perform all the brick-mason’s work, including all the bricks, lime, sand and labor for and on the buildings forming the west front of the alms-house buildings, as described in said contract,” and whereby…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city: This was an action brought by the appellant against the appellee to recover damages “for a breach and violation by the defendant of its contract and agreement with the plaintiff/’’ whereby'the latter agreed “to execute and perform all the brick-mason’s work, including all the bricks, lime, sand and labor for and on the buildings forming the west front of the alms-house buildings, as described in said contract,” and whereby the defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff for such services and materials the sum of $57,350.84. The defendant pleaded…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
The bill of exceptions in this case presents the question of the liability of the appellee, upon a contract made with the appellant, for brick-mason’s work and materials to be done and furnished in the erection of an alms-house. The contract ivas made under an ordinance of the city, approved April 28th, 1860, which provided for the purchase of a site and the erection of a new alms-house.
After the buildings had been commenced and some work done by the contractors, an ordinance ivas passed and approved on the 5th of April, 1861, reciting that a farm had been purchased from A. W. Goldsboro ugh…
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