Rose v. Scott
Rose v. Scott
Opinion of the Court
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In his statement of claim plaintiff alleged that he had furnished material and labor on a house belonging to defendant pursuant to a written contract; that he had been paid therefor; that he had also furnished extras — - material and labor — at defendant’s request for which defendant refused to pay and for which he sought recovery.
In his affidavit of defense, defendant denied that he had ordered the extras and that any were furnished; he averred that plaintiff had been paid all that was due to him.
The issue so made, therefore, was whether defendant expressly or impliedly had ordered extras and whether, if so, they had been furnished, and what they were reasonably worth. The verdict settles this issue in favor of plaintiff. Defendant’s appeal contains three assignments of error.
1. The first assignment complains of the admission of certain evidence. While the assignment is not in accordance with our rules requiring it to contain the evidence in dispute, we observe that if there was any foundation for the objection, it was removed by appellant himself. He objected “to any testimony as to what was done either inside or outside of the contract, unless it is produced or accounted for.” Subsequently, he offered the contract in evidence.
2. The second assignment is to the refusal to enter a nonsuit. No assignment lies to that action: Spencer v. Conrad, 44 Pa. Superior Ct. 489.
The evidence was put to the jury by the learned president judge of the common pleas in a charge so full and clear that no objection was made to it by appellant. It is therefore obvious that on such a record presenting disputed questions of fact to be determined, the court could not enter judgment non obstante veredicto.
The judgment is affirmed.
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- Contracts — Building contracts — Extra work — Evidence. In an action for extra work performed on a building the case is for the jury and a verdict for the plaintiff will be sustained, where there is evidence that the work was done and the material was ^supplied at the request of the owner of the building. A provision in the contract that “the plans and. Specifications are not to be altered in any particular unless by the agreement in writing signed by both of the parties” does not apply to extra work furnished in addition to that supplied in accordance with the terms of the contract. In such case it is not necessary to produce two witnesses and corroborating circumstances to prove the performance of the extra work, as it is not an attempt to vary or add to a written contract something alleged to have been omitted therefrom.