Youngstown Electric Light Co. v. Butler County Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, May T., 1901, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 3, dismissing bill in equity in case of Youngstown Electric Light Company, now the Youngstown Consolidated Gas and Electric Company, v. Butler County Poor District. Bill in equity for reformation of a contract. Before Geer, P. J. Demurrer to bill. The averments of the bill are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The commissioners of Butler county, acting under the authority conferred by the Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78, and being about to erect buildings for the maintenance of the poor, entered into a written contract with the plaintiff wherein the latter agreed as follows : “ The contractor, under the direction and to the satisfaction of the commissioners of said county, and Owsley & Boucherle, architects, acting for the purpose 'of the contract as agents .for said owner, shall and will provide all materials and perform all the work mentioned in the specifications on file in…
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