Hallock v. Lebanon

Citations

• 215 Pa. 1
• 64 A. 362
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 718

Syllabus

<p>Appeals — Assignments of error — Evidence—Nonsuit.</p> <p>An assignment of error to a ruling on evidence which contains no reference to the pages of the paper-book where the evidence may be found, violates rule 31.</p> <p>An assignment of error to the rejection of writings which fails to contain copies of the writings rejected is insufficient.</p> <p>No assignment of error lies to the entry of a nonsuit.</p> <p>Municipalities — Ordinances—Contracts—Act of May 23, 1889 — Committee ■ — Committee of the whole — Printing ordinance.</p> <p>An ordinance which passed first reading, and was then printed and was afterwards considered section by section by the city council, sitting as a committee of the whole, and thereafter passed second reading, is valid, and does not violate the act of May 23, 1889, which provides that “no bill shall be considered unless referred to a joint or separate committee returned therefrom and printed for the use of the members.”</p> <p>Municipal contracts — Bonds—Ordinance.</p> <p>Where a municipal ordinance requires bonds to be given by contractors “in the amount of the contract price,” but does not state when the bonds shall be given, and it appears that the first payment, under the contract, is not to become due until after the completion of the work, and then to be payable in installments, the requirements of the ordinance are met by giving a bond upon the completion of the work, conditioned according to the terms of the contract.</p>