Snow v. . Commissioners

The parties duly waived trial by jury, and consented for the court to hear and determine all questions of law and fact. Pursuant thereto, the court heard the testimony and found the following facts:

The plaintiffs, W. J. Ellington, L. H. Royster, and B. F. Park, doing business under the firm name and style of Ellington, Royster Co., in the city of Raleigh, N.C. on 5 July, 1887, entered into a contract, in writing, with the defendant, the Board of Commissioners of Durham County, whereby they undertook to erect, in the town of Durham, in said county, a public courthouse, in accordance with…