Corcoran v. Chess

Citations

• 131 Pa. 356
• 18 A. 876
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1118

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a mason contracts in writing to do work at a certain price per cubic yard, the contract is not to be affected by evidence of a usage for “ masons’ measurement,” a mere usage of trade, recent in its date, and not general in its application.</p> <p>' 2. A cubic yard means twenty-seven cubic feet; and when the parties have used this term in their contract, it must be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that they understood it in its ordinary and popular meaning.</p>