Henon v. Vernon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1914, No. 2833, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Paul J. Henon, Jr., and James F. Boyle, copartners, trading as Henon & Boyle, v. William J. Yernon and W. Henry Elfreth. Assumpsit for balance alleged to be due for preparing plans for building and supervising the construction thereof.
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Appeal, No. 10, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1914, No. 2833, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Paul J. Henon, Jr., and James F. Boyle, copartners, trading as Henon & Boyle, v. William J. Yernon and W. Henry Elfreth. Assumpsit for balance alleged to be due for preparing plans for building and supervising the construction thereof. Before McMichael, P. J. At the trial the court excluded evidence offered by defendants tending to show that a loss had resulted from the plaintiffs permitting the contractor to depart from the plans without…
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Williams, J;,
Plaintiffs declared for a balance due of $876.30 for *610architectural work in preparing plaus for three buildings and supervising the construction of one of them. Defendants filed separate answers. Vernon, admitting the services were rendered, claimed a set-off, averring that, in superintending the building, plaintiffs had been in collusion with the contractor to defraud him by permitting changes in the specifications, inter alia, as follows : failure to waterproof wall running under grade, loss $150; and in building a parapet wall two feet less than the height called for,…
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