A contractor asked to carry out works was entitled to be paid on a quantum meruit basis if no price appeared to have been set under the contract.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor Cairns
Citations:
(1878) 5 R (HL) 171
Cited by:
Cited – AMEC Mining v Scottish Coal Company SCS 6-Aug-2003
The pursuers contracted to remove coal by opencast mining from the defender’s land. They said the contract assumed the removal first of substantial peat depositys from the surface by a third party. They had to do that themselves at substantial cost. . .
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Contract
Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.185450
