Bedford Belt Railway Co. v. Burke

The special finding of facts are as follows:

“1. That under a contract with the defendant, plaintiff performed work and furnished material for defendant amounting at the contract price to the sum of $906.39.

*36“2. That the plaintiff executed a receipt to the defendant on the 20th day of April, 1893, for $579.50.

“3. And on July 1, 1893, plaintiff executed a receipt to the defendant for the balance of said work, the sum of $326.69.

“1. No money was paid to plaintiff by defendant at the time of the execution of either of said receipts.

“ 5. I find that the first receipt for $579.80 was signed in the…