City of Cleveland v. Clements Bros. Construction Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Cuyahoga county. This action was originally begun in the common pleas court of Cuyahoga county by the Clements Bros. Construction Co., as plaintiff, v. The City of Cleveland, defendant.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Cuyahoga county. This action was originally begun in the common pleas court of Cuyahoga county by the Clements Bros. Construction Co., as plaintiff, v. The City of Cleveland, defendant. It was alleged by plaintiff in its petition that the ■city had, on July 31, 1900, entered into a contract with the plaintiff, for the construction of a sewer in “Wellington avenue in said city, and promised to pay the plaintiff for the material furnished and work and labor done by it in the construction of said sewer, as specified in the contract; that the chief engineer of said…
1Opinion of the CourtGrew, J.
In this case the City of Cleveland, defendant in the court below, for answer to the claim made against it by plaintiff below, The Clements Bros. Construction Company, pleaded by way of justification, and as its only defense, the provisions of an act of the Ohio legislature, passed April 16, 1900, and entitled: “An act to provide for limiting the hours of daily service of laborers, workmen and mechanics employed upon public works, or of work done for the state of Ohio, or any political subdivision thereof, providing for the insertion of certain stipulations in contracts of public works;…
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