Payne v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 241, Jan. T., 1905, by Percival Roberts, Jr., from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1903, No. 20, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George F. Payne and Charles G. Wetter, trading as George F. Payne & Co., v. Percival Roberts, Jr. Assumpsit for breach of a building contract.
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Appeal, No. 241, Jan. T., 1905, by Percival Roberts, Jr., from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1903, No. 20, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George F. Payne and Charles G. Wetter, trading as George F. Payne & Co., v. Percival Roberts, Jr. Assumpsit for breach of a building contract. Before Swartz, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on June 1, 1902, the plaintiffs, George F. Payne & Co., who were builders, contracted with Percival Roberts, Jr., the defendant, to build for .him, under the direction of Peabody & Stearns, architects, 'a brick and limestone residence at Narbertb,…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
By written articles of agreement entered into June 1, 1902, George F. Payne & Company, here the appellees, undertook to construct and erect for Percival Roberts, Jr., the appellant, a dwelling house at Narberth, Penna., in accordance with certain plans and specifications made part of the agreement, to provide all the materials for the same, and perform the work in connection therewith in a good and workmanlike manner, under the direction of the architects, Peabody & Stearns, for the consideration of $247,000. The work under the contract was duly entered upon, and…
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