Sherman v. Mayor

New York Court of Appeals
Sherman v. Mayor, 4 How. Pr. 442 (N.Y. 1848)

Sherman v. Mayor

Opinion of the Court

This was a question, whether under a written contract to pay seven cents per cubic yard for executing the digging and refilling, the lowest price for excavating common earth, the contractor who executed the work, could charge more than the contract price, where it appeared that a portion of the digging was through hard-pan and rock, and worth much more per cubic yard. Held, that the contract price must govern. (Reported, 1 Comstock, 316.)

Reference

Full Case Name
Edmund R. Sherman, in error v. The Mayor, &c., of the city of New York, in error
Status
Published