Lehigh County v. Kleckner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northampton, in which' the plaintiff below obtained a verdict and judgment. It was an action of indebitatus assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, brought by Daniel Kleckner against the county of Lehigh, for work and labour done in the erecting of a county bridge, in the county of Lehigh, for the commissioners of Lehigh county.
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THIS was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northampton, in which' the plaintiff below obtained a verdict and judgment. It was an action of indebitatus assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, brought by Daniel Kleckner against the county of Lehigh, for work and labour done in the erecting of a county bridge, in the county of Lehigh, for the commissioners of Lehigh county. It appeared that Kleckner had a written contract with the commissioners for building the bridge in a certain manner, and for. a certain sum, which they had paid him, and also…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The only errors which we deem proper to notice, are, 1. Whether a county is liable on a quantum meruit for the expenses incurred in the erection of a county bridge; 2. Whether courts of another county have jurisdiction to try the cause. The 35th section of the Act of the 13th of June 1836, “ An Act relative to roads, highways and bridges,” provides for the manner of authorizing the building of a county bridge. And, by the 36th section, whenever a bridge shall be authorized and recorded as a county bridge, it is made the duty of the…
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