Young v. HORNBROOK INCORPORATED

This is an action in assumpsit to recover a balance allegedly due from defendant under a written contract to pay one cent per square foot for grading and seeding land at the Limestone Air Force Base. The case is before us after verdict for the plaintiff on exceptions by the defendant to the exclusion of certain testimony and on general motion for a new trial.

The controversy centers (1) about the area in square feet for which payment is due, and (2) about the meaning of the written contract, and in particular whether “mulching” was included in the obligation of the plaintiff.

We state the…