Vulcanite Paving Co. v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 302, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, PMladelpMa Co., March T., 1913, No. 3802, on directed verdict for plaintiff, in case of Vulcanite Paving Company v. City of PMladelpMa. Assumpsit on contract for paving. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff by direction of the court for $24,-409.39 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 302, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, PMladelpMa Co., March T., 1913, No. 3802, on directed verdict for plaintiff, in case of Vulcanite Paving Company v. City of PMladelpMa. Assumpsit on contract for paving. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff by direction of the court for $24,-409.39 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence, in directing a verdict for plaintiff, in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschziskee,
On April 22, 1913, the Vulcanite Paving Company brought this action. The plaintiff averred in its statement of claim that on September 25,1893, it made a contract with the City of Philadelphia to pave a certain part of Broad street; that on October 5,1896, it entered into another contract to pave a certain part of Paschall avenue; that it fulfilled its contractual obligations and the work was duly accepted; that the contracts provided the city “should pay the Vulcanite Paving Company ......for paving......the intersections of cross streets and in front of…
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- Smith v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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- Lincoln v. WakefieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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