231 Pa. 604 | Pa. | 1911
Opinion by
This suit ivas brought to recover the balance due upon a municipal contract for the paving and grading of certain city streets. An ordinance, duly passed and approved, provided for the street improvement. A contract was entered into between the contractor and the city specifying the terms and conditions upon which the work was to be done and how payment should be made. It was expressly provided in the contract that the city should only be liable to the contractor for the amounts actually collected from assessments upon property benefited by the improvement. The language of the contract in this
The interest question is not free from difficulty, but after a careful review of the findings of the referee we have concluded in view of all the circumstances that the conclusion reached by him should not be disturbed.
Judgment reversed and record remitted with instructions to the court below to enter judgment as recommended by the referee