Morse v. Maurer

Citations

• 35 Pa. Super. 196
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 11

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Performance—Illegal contract — Elevator.</p> <p>Where a contractor for building an elevator has fully performed the contract according to its terms, the purchaser cannot object to payment therefor, because the work as finished did not meet the approval of the public authorities, and, as a whole, was in violation of law.</p> <p>In such a case the fact that it will be necessary for the purchaser to expend some additional money in making the shaft or inclosed part of the elevator conform to the requirements of the building laws has nothing to do with the contractor’s right to recover for the work which he had done.</p>