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140 Pa. 28

Beswick v. Platt

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 16, 1891

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1891-02-16

4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 144 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 484 December Term 1888, C. P. No. 4. On February 2, 1889, Samuel Beswick and Edward Kay, trading as Beswick & Kay, brought trespass against George C. Platt, afterwards (perhaps) amended by the statement of claim to assumpsit. Issue.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1957

2 state decisions

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Decided 1891-02-16

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Per Curiam:

¶1The plaintiffs were defeated in the court below, and now complain of certain passages in the charge of the court. The charge, as a whole, fairly presented the case to the jury, and we have no fault to find with the portions assigned as error. The plaintiffs saw the work as it was in progress, were satisfied with it, and accepted it. If the plans and specifications did not call for as strong and substantial a wharf as the plaintiffs wanted, that was no fault of the defendant, who appears to have constructed it in accordance with their wishes. At least the jury have so found, and with this finding the plaintiffs will have to be content.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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