Ward v. Polk

— Complaint in three paragraphs, by the appellee, against the appellants, who are the individual members of a corporation known as the “ Marsh Creek Draining Company/’

The first paragraph counts upon a written contract between the directors of the company and the appellee, for constructing certain ditches; the second paragraph is upon a quantum meruit count; the. third declares upon a judgment recovered by the appellee against the appellants, in the Gibson Court of Common Pleas. No question arises upon the complaint.

Answer:

1. General denial ;

2. A special paragraph, which, briefly stated, avers…