Riegert v. Lebanon City School District

Citations

• 71 Pa. Super. 269
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 87

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Construction of contracts — Excavation of stone.</p> <p>A contract for the excavation of a site for a high school which provided that the excavating contractor “shall also cart away all stone that are not fit to be used in the future operations by the general contractor,” and that the excavating contractor should “remove unfit stone from or deposit it on the site directed if fit to be used,” applies to the particular building contemplated in the contract; and entitles the excavating contractor to all stone not to be used in the construction of the building.</p> <p>Building contracts — Interpretation of — Decision of a/rchitect.</p> <p>Where the architect, in his capacity as superintendent, has simply restated the terms of the contract, he cannot be said to h^ve interpreted it, and his judgment is not conclusive.</p>