Shepherd & Sons v. First National Bank

Citations

• 232 Pa. 649
• 81 A. 715
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 781

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Building contract — Ambiguity—Modification of specification — Acceptance of bid — Estoppel.</p> <p>Where the specifications of a building contract are ambiguous as to whether the roof shall be constructed of slag or of copper, and a contractor in submitting his bid in writing incorporates in his bid the words “Main roof estimate slag,” the owner must either reject these words, or if he fails to do so, and accepts the bid without objection, and the acceptance is incorporated into the contract, he cannot afterwards object to the right of the contractor to construct the roof of slag, and not of copper.</p>