Legal Opinion
Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of Harrisburg
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 13, 1894PublishedCited by 23 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of I’ennsylvania. Action by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company against (he city of Harrisburg on a contract for street paving. Defendant had judgment ((>2 Fed. 505), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a citizen of West Virginia, and the defendant, of Pennsylvania, entered into a contract on August 1.3,1887, which contained the following provisions:
“The said The Barber Asphalt Paving Company to furnish all tools, implements, materials and labor, and complete to the satisfaction of the city engineer of the city of Harrisburg all such work as may be requisite to pave and curb Market street from the eastern curb line of Front street to the Pennsylvania Railroad; to begin the work under this contract upon five (lays’ notice from the city engineer and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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