Vermont Marble Co. v. Mann
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. An auditor was appointed wbo reporte4 substantially as follows: The plaintiff’s claim consisted of a single item amounting to $670.44. Some time in the year 1860, and previous to the month of May of that year, the defendant entered into a contract with the agents of the United States government to construct a marble sidewalk in the village of Rutland; the work to be done according to specifications, and to the acceptance of Ammi Young, the architect and agent…
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Book Account. An auditor was appointed wbo reporte4 substantially as follows: The plaintiff’s claim consisted of a single item amounting to $670.44. Some time in the year 1860, and previous to the month of May of that year, the defendant entered into a contract with the agents of the United States government to construct a marble sidewalk in the village of Rutland; the work to be done according to specifications, and to the acceptance of Ammi Young, the architect and agent designated by the government for that purpose, and payment to be made upon the acceptance thereof by Young; but whether…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
This is an action of book account in which tbe plaintiff seeks to recover for a quantity of marble, Tbe plaintiff’s claim' consists of a. single item of $670,44. Tbe marble was sold and delivered under a special contract to furnish marble at a specified price per foot sufficient to construct a certain sidewalk which tbe defendant bad contracted to build for tbe United States Government. Tbe marble was by agreement to be measured after it should be all laid in the sidewalk. It was delivered and tbe walk laid and completed about tbe 6th of August, 1860, and tbe marble measured by tbe plaintiff…
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