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TORONTO : PRINTED AT THE MAIL JOB DEPARTMENT 1889 C67 */ d INDEX. 33 MILE CONTRACT. Sr.vi'EMKXT OF Claim •■'*o« Statkment of Defenok and ('oijnteuclaim I, Repkv "^ ••'■• , If Repi,v to Amended Statement of Defence \l 1)EFEN(JE TO Amended Countehclaim ly 20 MILE CONTRACT. Statement of Claim Phoposed Amendment to Statement of Claim Statement of I)efenc:k ... 90 Joinder of Is.sue an« Rh>lv J: Zo TIE CONTRACT. State.ment of Claim , 9J, Statement of Defence Joinder ^^ 25 In the Hiirh Court of Justice QUEHX'S BHNCII DIVISION. Between Wi'it issued fclie 5tli day of Oetobi-r, 18.S5. coNiViEE & McLennan, AND Plaint if 8. rHE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendants. STATEMENT OF CLAIM. 10 1. The plaintiffs are contractors, resident at the Town of Port Arthur. 2. The defendants' railway company is a corporation duly incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of the Dominion of Can ad i, passed in the 44tli year of the reiyn of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and chaptered one. 3. The ohject of tlie said corporation wns to construct a line of railway connecting the sea- board of British Columbia with the railway .^system of Canada. 4. In order the more easily and effectually to carry out the construction of the said railway, and for the purposes of the defendant corporation only, a charter was obtained by the defen- dant company for a corporation .,'alieil the North American Railway Contracting Company, the name of which latter corporation was used by the said defendant railway company in entering .^q into contracts for the construction and ecpnpment of the said railway. 5. On or about the ;h-d day of September, A. Yi. 1883, the said plaintiffs entered into a contract with the said " The North American Contracting Company," acting for and on behalf of the defendant railway company, wliich contract has subseciuently been adopted, ratified, assumed aii.l iictfil iijMm liy t\\v. (lefcii.Imit railway company, uii.l which contract amonjrst othi-r provi- sions (to which the plaintirts for jrrcater certainty beg Icavo to r.-IVr when pnxluccd to this lionoialih- Court) contained tlie following,': — That the specification annex.'d to tlie said contract marked 'A," and the accepted tendci unnoxed niarl«' tal<( ii to;,'etl)er to explain each other, an.l to make the whole consistent ; and .should it be found that anything,' had been omitted or .nis-stat.'.l, which was neces.-ary for the proju-r perfornwinco and completion of any part of tlie work contemplated, tlw contractors should at their own expi-nse exeeute the same as if it had been properly describ.-d, and the .lecision of the manaevr was to lie final /is to any such error or omission, and the correction of any such eiior or issiun shoidd not be deemed to be 10 an addition to or deviation fiom the works thereby contracted for. (!. Jiy such contract, the contractors (the plaintiHs) were to furnish all labor, machinery Iilant, articles and things necessary for the execnt ion (.r the work referred to in .said specitica- tiona, and in the i)lans und profiles therein referred to as prepared :)r to be prepared for the I)ur])Oses of the work. 7. The sidd work was by the .saiii specilication described as tin; work upc.n Mag])ie Riv.^r Station, No. 5440, to the east end of division of that portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway between Nepigon and Michipicoten, a distance of thirty-tliree nnie.s or therealnuits. -S. By the .said contract tli(^ word "mnnntr,.r" wh.'i'ever u.sed sliould mean the manager of constructi.^n for the time being having control of the work, and should exten.l to and include ^o any of his assistant.s acting under his instructions, and all instructions, dirc^ctions or certificate,-? " given (..• d.'cisions made by any one acting for him, or of the engineer, should be .subject to his approval, and might l)e cancelled, altered, modified or changed by him. !). The .said manager was also by the .said contract permitted at any time before the com- mencement of the work, or during its eon.struction, to order any work to be done or to make any changes wliich he deemed expedii^nt in the grades. The manager also to be at liberty to give an3- orders he de,;med fit as to cuttings or fillings, dimensions, character, nature, location or position of work, the price to be according to the tender forming part of the contract where such class of work was specified. 10. The manager by the said contract was constituted the .sole judge of work and material ^q ni respect of both (juantity and quality; and his decisions as to woi-k or material, or the meanincr' or uitention of the contract, plans, profiles, specificati*,ns and drawings to be final. " 11. The manager's decision was also made Hnal and conclusive in reference to what work, labor, material, tools and plant v/ere included in any price. 12. By the said contract it was further agreed the plaintiffs should be paid of the prices named in .said tender, ninety pe • cent, in cash of the value of work done on the nro-rcss tsti- mates of the manager, the balance to be paid on completion of the work to the satisfaction of the manager. U. The contract furtlier provided for the plaintiffs being di.s.satisfied with the manacrer's certificates, and for the method of appeal therefrom. " a(^ 14. The work has within the time, intent and meaning of the .said contracts, specifications tenders, plans and profiles been long since completed, a.id the said manager has expresseil him- .self as satisfied with tlu; same, and has passed the final estimates of the plaintifii^ for such work • but the defendants have restrained the said manager from granting his .said certificate, and have' wrongfully ordered the .said manager not to sign or grant the same. ti tl II' fr Pl I" $: ol (•II rn "1 ill 111 til til th nil sai ^1 till of pl. till 1st till Ills illK llIU the till lai'j biti .slii put sun the "K li-iv plai alsc pur saiil 15. All tliingH Imve liivppi.no.l oth.«r ihaii tlm ^mutiiiK of sucl. cntilioat.- afore.- M, and nil times elaim.Ml ami ull thiii^h Im-oii porfoniio.! not. H.sary to oiititlo tlu* plaintiHs to lie ivpai.i fcr tlM'ir w.rk s(. (lone for tlm .IffriMlniit railway ouipany an.l nm.pte.I l,y ilwiv nnro;.rr.-.s.s and (ituil <',stimute and the plaintiffs claim payment of tlui Hamu, tojfcther with intfrcnt npon all sums from the date when j.ropeily payal.Ii' an-' wroii^d'ully withh-l I, .iinonntin^' in all to the ,sinn of «:{()0,()()(), l„.i,„r SJ27!»,00() for ini|)a.d pri'Kiipal and !!52l,()0() fur unpaid inti-rest. I(i. And for a further cause of action, the phdntiUs .say that nt the n.pie.st, an.l upon tho order and .lirections of the dcfen.hn.ts' proper oUieer in that hehalf. the plaintiffk l.uilt an.. |() completed a r.w,d from the 1,as(. of siip;.h'es for the defendants' railway cotnpany to tho lin.' of railway which was taken over and accepted l.y the railway company aiul u.sed l,y them, nnd upon which a I.alance remains payahle to the piaintitl's of SI,(iO(». of all of which .sums and interest thereon the plaintiffs pray payment ; ami the plaintiffs further .say that wlien thengree- meiit was made for the huildini; of this said roid the .said mann^rcr a;r,ved with the plaintiHs that should the nature ..f th.. work he fnun.l to he such that a greater allowance shoidd he made than thai aeree.l upon, upon the nature of tin- ground has.id upon the r.^pr.'.sentations as such wre then made up.ai which tin- ahove Imlance is due, that he wouhl go over the saiee and make .such allow lice. irp„n this conditicm the plaintifKs carried on the • -Md work to completion and the sai.l manager went over it and insprrted it and agree-l ^ ..,.„w plaintiffs for .same a sum of'JO *l(i,0()() further than that returned in the estin.ates, tnd the piaintiffs therefore claim payment of " the saiuses an.l the supplies contained therein, and loss caused bv the flood- m> ot tlH hue as atoresmd, an.l the planitiffs claim therefor the suiu of .<^8,000 .laniac'res 22. Ihe pimntiffs farther say that they at the request of the defen.lants sinndied them ..several tents for the use of tl. troops then being transported by the said railway ^.^ 20 to the seat of the rebellion ,n the North- West Territories of Canada tlu.mt le slim :" lo^ "'^^ '^^ ''' ''''''' '' ''''' *^"^" ^'^ '^'^^'-^^ - -^^''^ed to 24. An.l the plaintiffs further say that the defendants further agreed to have the work on he hne referred o ,n the saul contract rea.ly to be procee.lo.l with by the first day of October 18,S.3, at the latest an.l as an in.lueement to enter into the said contract, and as an a^reemenfi ZoTsiSoO ^""'"''' *'"' "" '^'' ""■' "P"'^ ''''' ^-''''''' wouhlamouTittotL 2o. The plaintiffs further say that owing to the non-location of the said line, the plaintiffs were delayed tc4Lake, and accepted by them, and the bills for which were passed and certified to in their office Hy the proper officer in that behalf and thus admitted by the said company, the sum of .'ii!2, 194.37. III. On account of supplies, labor and cash furnished at the defendants' request to the Dog Lake Ho.spital, which hospital belonged to the Canadian Pacific Railway and was managed bv them, and which goods were received and accepted by them and the bills^for same admitted and 30 certified to, the amount of $4,453.03. IV. On account of orders given on the Canadian Pacific Railway and accepted by them by Boland & Savage for the sum of 1^1,175 ; by W. J. Connolly, the sum of $150.50 ; by Joseph Whalen, the sum of $200 ; by James Winstan, the sum of $401.75 ; by J. A. McRae, the .sum of $101.03, in all the sum of $2,088.88. V. On account of supplies furni.shed and labor performed by the engineering department of the Canadian Pacific Railway at their rec^uist, and the several amounts of which have always been admitted to be due by the said company, and the total amount of which is $12,041.31. VI. On account of explosive and other goods delivered to David Ogilvy for the defendant company, at their recpiest acting for the said company, and received and accepted by them for 49 the said company, and the amounts of the bills for which have always been admitted by the defendants, a sum of $5,347. VII. On account of explosives used in blasting hard pan on the work under the said con- tract, and the amount for which has been certified to and allowed by the proper officers of the company, the sum of $0,957.80. H 1 1 lal adi $6; del am ^H Inu ^H aiit dot' $1, Art mei uiul mai exei upo inar estii him mea ^H hav( tifici 9 VIIT. On account of supplies und labor furnished and frtijrht carried for the telecrraph department of the defendant company at the re(|uest r,f the company, and which supplii* and labor have been received and accepted by the .lefendant company, and the change therefor adnntted and certiHed to, as is also the charyo for the said carriage of freight, the sum of IX. On account of goods ami board furnished and iivl^ht carried for the employees of the defendant company working on construction of Dog Lake Hospital, and which were furnished and earned for said emi)loyees at re.juest of defendant company, and the account fo.- which has been admitted ami allowed by them, the sum of Sl.OSO.Mf). X. On account of freighting done by the plaintiffs' tug "Silver Spray" for the said .lefend- 10 ants at their request, and supplies delivered to her while used by tlie said defendants on the defendants' order, and the amount of which has been admitted by them to be due, the sum of $1,587.00. XI. On account of overcharge on 11 carloads of goods carried from Dog Lake to Port .'Vrtliur by defendants for plaintitts in Augu.st, 1885, the sum of $110. The plaintitts propose that this action be tried at Toronto. STATEMENT OF DEFENCE AND COUNTERCLAIM. 1. The defendants admit the 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of the Statement of Claim 2. The .l.-fendants say that by the terms and conditions ot the contract and agreement mentioned ni the said Statement of Clain,, progress measuren.ents and estimates of the M^ork 20 under the sai,! contract were to be furnishe.l monthly, with the written certificate of the manager that Lne work for and on account of which the certificate was granted had been duly executed to h.s satisfaction, and stating the value of such work computed at the prices agreed upon or determined under the provisions of the contract. 3. The defendants further say that no such certificates were ever made or granted by the manager, and that although certain papers purporting to be approximate measurement; and estimates were from tnne to time presented to the manager, the san.e were never certified to by him in accordance with the terms and conditions of the said contract, and no proper or valid measurements and estimates of tlie work done by the plaintiffs as required by the said contract have ever been presented or received by the defetidants. 30 4. The defemlants further say U.at the said pretended approximate measurements and cer- tificates were and are false and fraudulent, and therein the n,easurements and classification of work pre ended to have been done by the plaintiffs were largely overestimated and stated, and thereby it is made to appear that the plaintiffs had done and executed a much greater amount erf;'';r r'" i'"''; •^''"'''" ""'"""'"*■ ""^*^""^'^' ^'^^^ ^^^^ actuaUvthe fact,havin. lega d to the erms and conditions of the said contract ; and that the plaintifik were entitle.l to be paid much larger sums of n.oney than, having regard to the terms and conditions of the said contract, they were justly and truly entitled to receive. 5. Tlie .said pretended measurements and esti.nates were and are false and fraudulent a« aforesaid to the knowledge of the plaintiffs, and they were made and furnished at their instanL^ 40 and by persons acting collusively and in connivance with the plaintiffs 6. The defendants further say that they have paid the plaintiffs for all the work justly and truly performed, done and executed by them under the said contract or otherwise. th re I an 10 LSf in I tra cor iiiri cer UIK feei $2.! mui pan per con: N 01 und con I tiiai in tl ileff tlie the ( StlHli the Com sole all q this worl shall dircc as ev the 1 10 the Jt,.":::f J,'",;:-: ' "'" """'■"'-" """"'""' ■" '"» »"■■ '••"" -'' '«'■ .-'«™. >■ «g.-,oJ t» oxceute ,.,„1 fully > , c , " ' , ,';','"" '"':■' ^'""™'' ""-' ™"'"'"'°'-» „ ,p. , , ■>, I"' ■'''.' '''y » '""liii iiMiic'cl till. \v(>rk tK-rc II ,lcsci-il.cJ pan, per cubic yaid, 80 cents- f.„. c,.,„ !;„ ? f , ' '^ , '■" >'"'''■ "^ °"'"i '"'' '""'l in the saia contract, an. L:t t : ^ ^f/; .f;;':^^'^^'"-^'^''? iletendants ha.l been parties thereto f,™ ' ' ' "\""'""»''f >1™"I and aele.l upon n» if the 30 the .aid North Anreriln^Ii*:^ cJZtt ^:^' '"" '"^ ""'"»■' "'= » ■»*»<' "' this contract and the plan. .T.d prohle,,. Z^SIl^^^^^l^ ^J^:^::C,:Zl"''^ "'*' works, or extra or additional works or clian-e, ,h.dl I,, I ''*>' '""' '« *""' • '^<"> 10 shall the contractors he entitled to ,LZon t t^ '" '""■*-• '"™ '•~^«-"'«l. "«■ directed in writing as he," „reLenr.^^^ T","' ""''"' "" "'""" *°" '""•« '■«■> as evidenced by hFs stlltrc , Z " » ' l" """^ ' -tisf.etion of the .nanager, the right of th^econtrrr;'i;rL::^;:..''rrti;:::';:;der;::;:" -"-^ H "2i). Cash payments equal to f)0 per cent, of the value of the work dono, approximately made up from returns of pi'i^ress measiinMn-iitH, and eomputed at the prices ii;,M'ee(l upon or determined under the pruvisionM of this eontriiet, will lie made to tiie contriictorH niontidy, on the written certificate of the manager, that the work for or on account of which the certiHcato is granted has heen duly executed to his satisfaction, and stating the value of such work com- puted as above-mentioned, ami such condition shall be a condition pric(ht of the contractors to be puid the said !)0 ]m- cent, or any part thereof. The remaining 10 per cent, shall be retained until the final completion of the whoh? work to the satisfaction of the manager; umi within two months after the eompletion, tlie remaining 10 \n:v cent, will be paid. And it is herel)y tieelared that the written et-itiHcate of the manager, certifying to the final 10 completion of said works to his satisfaction, shall be o condition precedent to the ri..n>..r^^to..si^...., tl...M..,,-on..Tl U. NfoHat, a.l in no el ' f J ;:^ ^ ot lu, SHwl John KoH. t atth.. ..i.l wo,.i<. for ..on a.vonn. of whi.h th. s.i.l .v.tifi"ftr' ^ ..^havo ..en .granted, ha.) h..n .h.ly cxocut..! to hin natLsfuetion and .statin, the v.l.' ."'C «aid !;;p:;:i;:ttr;::;':;;;r Z'TT'T" H f«-"'r^^" "^- '<' ''nK..onsif^:;;n;l::, ;:;:;;:, :;;;;t;z an,] th. la.- ..s, tha tho sa.d ,.stin,at,.s .show ai-ont 200,000 cnbic yards n.oro than t u sa w..rk aetnally contain.nl. an.l that thcv w..,v ,,,„,.« .,f ,he n..,st s.M-i.a.s ,L t 7 a ration of th. work. Tho partL-nlar. ..f th.- s.i.l .rn.r,s =:: 1 "!!'' : fe ^U^ *'"' "'r^^'^- d:;r;;^^rr.:;^" -'•-— ^<'rv.,dnpon t.. iziSrr;:::^ ;:^;;t::ir;;i:t;t,t;:;^::r:'^:^^.,:^^^^ payahh. to tJ.-n. in .vsp.ct theivofis only S7,S7 1( 7 •>. ' '"' ";.';;:""*^ .I"'^tly an.l truly ™cl, ,>p ;.i i i- , . niee & McLennan are justlv and t X e t itied to 1 ''"""^'^ f^, -'-'' ^he plaintitfs Con- ..e,amti.m,. ;l.....,;U;:^^^^^^^^ .5^ And that the plaintiffs may be ordered to pay the defendants' costs inclusive. " ""'"P"'''''' ^^'thin the paragraphs L5 to 3.5 thereof, both 40 2,S. In reply to paragraphs numbers Hi, 17, IS, I!) 20 "4 9^ 9^ /^^ or- , o- ., ants say that they never entered into the .uv, , ' ^ ^' "'' ''"'"' ^•^' ^'c defend- the offieerswithllumitl"!^ e I J r'1 ""''""^'^ "'"•^''" ^^* -^' -'' that authority to enter into the sa;;;::j;;U!!;^^;i^>::::^i:;:;;-^^ --'^ "-< no power or 14 taiutho whole agreement between tlio oni-tios „i,.l tl,„t ,1,, ° " ' '"' ""'It'istooil to con- a...v,.,„ent.s therein contah.ed slioul^ L t , l" I ''""" """'™"'' ''''™"»"'-^ "■' Stat "ei:; :z:. :::':;:Lr ■ :: ti::r!;r ,^„is.r ;,'""'ir' -^ "•» -™"'" bef„re referrc.l to, it h nroviJe.l tl,-,t , v,..-, , 1 ! , • ? "■■ "■'■""'" ~"'"'=' l"»i"- 10 entitle! .„„„h, bo;.n,Wr:,,e 1 :/,.:' :™^^^^^^^^^^^^ -WW '-riy ta tor, at any time have chiims of anv ,hl,tV "'"""l.\ «■'"":»'», but tiiat should the contrac- pn«,.e.s, oertihcate, it w^^U Z^:^:^^ ^:::;1"''r'l T "'*''^"' '" "'« tlK- manager .-ithin U ,,a,, iron, the ^dtsZ^Z^I^^':::;' ZtZ^i:'::^'^"''^ '° snch clanas to have beeh on.itlej, anj the ,leten,Iant, sav ll„r ) 1 « '"'^ "ny aljese nnder the »aid written contract do not =001,,^ 1 , " '"■"''"■'" ">"■«»''■» i«™ed in,, to the n,ana,.„. a, prov d«l I tt ° h "7 "■ '"" ""''"' "'" ■"""" "'"™ '" «■"'- »«i»faetorv evidence orthdrclc', ">'""";•"<>■■ "«■'« »'«!■ «!»""» aecon.panied with ".■ t..o wori, in con.. :e:::':;;::r ;„ rT;t . r :;•",! .*;;,;"::"■ 'tr '"'r"- contract the same l,eca„ie forever barred " ""-' """' "■""«" 20 State!,',;.,;!:]',:,;; Tz"z.!:>!7f"^V!'- "• '"■ ■» •■■"' ^" ■■' "- '-""i-i provided that the pHe.:: n't;;- 1;:' V;',,' ^ h^int .^"rr "ti: rr" "■;■'?" n ""■°°' '' ■■» and every kind of worl,-. laho,- tool, a„,I „I„ , , «''«''«■ "to annexe.l shonW inehi.lc all .^-y .'or the ,,,1 ...eonti;,,, and^ c^l^^lLrS'ln™'-;:* ^' «'^"«» -'■— -- »«yttatlh;;s„:;;,!:"z;::;;,;i!w;:™::;,f't'n'' n "'""'"" "''™^-" "-"- tion 15 of tl, »i,l u-ritten »nlra i „. Z , ■ , /^ " " "' '"■""•*•«•»■ ""'l »i» that by sec- all lo« or da,na„e whatsoevc t I Iv hall ^ ' """""'t"" »'"'" '- "t H'» risk of and delivered to'and t::;^ b;t„:X:;;: ""° "™'"« ""'" "'» -* " '""^ -*'«'"• 30 .■ore chibite,. npon the p.ui";;.;;';,',:' ":; :;:'■«,;' i:,!:::™::;,',';:";:^'""';"" '"'■'■1'- n^cHy at a.,y ti,„e befo,.e rirc:m,;;::::;;e: :: ; ;: i;;:: :: ;^^^^^^ ton contract, that the sa.'e sb a 1 „ I ^ p'"" T' M " "'" ''""'''"'' ''J' "'" «"'l "■"'■ M. The dete, ,- l^,rt e Iv th t be " "' '"' "' "'" """■-'»■■»• Staten,ent of Clai,n, and the v^ril ,.',:.; Z'Z:!^- "'„' :", I" "■" ■"'''' »'""■"'"' as provided by the said written contact ""'"'"-' '°' "'''^ ""' "' '"'"■'"«. 15 37. The tlefondants further say tlmt the prices agreed to be paid to the plaintiffs for work done under the written contract, as shown by the list or schedule thereto annexed, were much larger than the prjces usually allowed for sinnlar work, and the defendants further say that the said large prices were so agreed upon to cover every possible contingency, such as the difficulty of getting supplies and the building of roads and other matters set up in the said amended htatement of Claim. 38. The defendants further say that the .said written contract bars and precludes any re- covery by the plaintiffs in respect of the claims sued on in the said amended Statement of Claim and the defen, ants crave leave to refer to the several provisions of the said written contract applicable to tiie said claims as if specifically pleaded thereto respectively 39. And by way of counterclaim to the plaintittV amendments to their Statement of Claim the defendants .say that in and by the said written contract it is provided that the plaintiffs should execute and construct the works therein referred to in a good an .. , o . 10. The plaintiHs furtl)or say that tho roaii ivferrol h, in th.. -i oate, „„, ,„.,,,.,,„ f„, „„ „„x„i„„„ „. t,.:; 1::, i'',: :t zLtz r" ;'° convenience o£ the contractors alon.r tlio to«,] nn,l f h . general wor.. .., .as n..o entirely ll 'l^Jt,;;:: J^ s^ ZT^^r^i-roi ^ ^^ "^I referred tc, and was done solely upon the un.lerstanding that the a e was not to be inH^T in the contract, or in any way to be included utwI,.,- fl... f .1 1 7. included such ,tcra.,, if ,„,y oxi»t. which the plainliHi ,1„,„I,1 „ot be paid ^ "" ■"■" '30 h( th fr( ex ma 18 KEI'I.Y TO AMKNDKf) STATRMKNT OF DICKICNCE . ,l,.l,v,';.I'"' '"""' ■'"'■" '"" "■'■ «"' "' "'■ "'■'•-« l-i" f. «... » n,l„,o„t. 'c an i Tlif plaintiflk lurtlK.. s„y tliut Hi,, dnin,, irfVrml t., ,,s l„.i,„, „.i,l . . r;;:':,::;r""' ► "" ' "">— "-"■ ■ « .::.. :::i Li:irrt"r,;: DEFENCE TO AMENDED COUNTERCLAIM. this book). ''"- '^tuten.ei.t ot Defence as printed in 2() feel- (V fl( in 10 In the Iliirli Court of Justice Qin'i;\'S BHNCII DIVISION. Be'iwkkn ^^''■'*^ '^^ 1 "" 2h• "- ^"r; :s ii"""°" '"'"«'■" "■" '"■-'3.-c.i;i::;:: r:it°o/p:,, t';f'''' "f r-^: - •'»■"'» miio oast inclusive. '■ "^ f^""^ Aitiiur and the fortj-ei(r|,t]i 20 6. By sijcli conti-act tlic plaintiffs wore to furnisli nil lol.n,. i • tilings necessary for tho execution of fcl.e wn.I 7 f >»achmery, plant, articles an.l conte-acfc, and in plans an.l^ht tll-e n T .";"'"' '" "" '^I'-^^-t-- -"--"1 ^ th. poses of the wort. ^ ''"" ''^''''"'^ *" ^''^ P'"^!'^^'^'' "^^ *« 1-' P^'^pare-l for the pnr- 7. By the said contract the word '• manager " wlienever used s1.n„I 1 construction having control over the work, and all dir^^J ^^ ^ ^ ::^:^,^;: "'^"'^Sor of iiiaile l.y any one actin.-^ for or nn.lor I,;,., i ii i ,- '^^"'"'^'"'•'' M'^cn or decisions «n«Hc<.it..<,,,„.„,v:i!,;:,;;;„;;:;°',;';;;;,,*""''' '« "■'■j»' '» »« .'pi.~v«i, a,„i ,„igui,„ tl,c ,„«a„i„s a,„| |,L,ti„ , S I 2 , ; l""'"^'- "'"' '"■■' *■<''«»" "« "> "0,-k „, ,„atc.,.ial or 10 law.., n,atHau»,, ana ,,:;:::::;::;; ;:;■;;;;;;•;;-■'-■- "■ ■*■■«■■- '■> "-'»" -^. ^*'"'* engineer measured the nordon. ^>e;iaintifl.clai:;u;:;^ ~:;;r;^^,, - V .^Ik- district engineer forworkdoncLutcut.lowntheainount^ rZ, iV .1 ''" '^"^^'^•^^"^1^ ^'^^'li^ amounts ...anager of construction, the .e Join; Ro s ' '' T "^'^-^"^:"---«- --> ^'-7 .«ay that the plaintiffs, but he has not yet Ze so h udf T' T^'^f'' ""'> ^°"*«"^-" "^' *'- ^^ doing, who have thus prevented the plai'n iff ' " " ^^■'■ "'■'^V'"'"' ''^' ^'^^^ ''^'^-^'I'^'ts from ... ior by the contract irL said John Rolr " """'^' ''^" '"^^ '■^^■'■^-' -^'^i^-^^' -^"-1 11. After the expiration of about three months tlie ^nil p i • notwithstanding the objection of the T^lnini^ ;"'"'"' '"^'P'^"^^^'' '^^^^ with the Hnal estimates.' Also l^c^ tl™n V ' i''"'"'' ''"^' ''''''"'' ^«"''' ^^ *'- ''- <-ordon died, the result to th pi S,' ,■, '£: T "' ""^ '^""^'iT^ «°---'' ^'— -sane and the men who measured the work and w " bot? T""'""' ""''^'' *" «'^'' ^ «"'^' -"-^^^ f™- '.ad agreed to reconsider the ,uesZ of da S f '"'"" "'""^'''^' P''"^'-« -*"-*-> the plaintiffs say the said V^r^X^^T^t' " TJ "^' ^'" "^^ -^--^es whereb.: upon them. ^ ^^ estimates aie ,n no way binding nor were intended to be suc'h 8 12. The defendants then made nn n finoi r , r ^'--nanager repeatedly applied :\;^;:J^t:rt"t'"'"'V"^^^^^^^^ sider the cla.s.sification previously to fii IS '/'"'^'^^ '•^•-' t'-' work and recon- certificate of correction of such fina 11.1" '"'"^^'r" ^''^ ■'-' "Ot so done, and the Mr. Ross, and payment offered 1,. d tuk " o ,1" ri;^ I,'' "" ''' "" ""'''-''' '^ '^'--'^ "->- l..-n>e.its and gave receipts the.^for ^^^ h t^^ '^ t ^ P "' v" ^'^'"""^ '''^'^'' ^^'^ ior the Canadian Pacific Railway Company ,n , ■^,, ''"" '''"' """ ^^"«'^t, who acted that such receipt was not to del.r the p 2 .^ ^^ "t '''"'•"' ""' "'"^ ''^^ '^'''"'^t-' --• I-<1 1-n long promised and the right to t^ ! J;"' --'-^^x- ''^ the manager which Payment was made as aforesai.l ' "^ "''* '"'''^ "^^"^''^ '"'^J certificate upon which 40 ^">-ti"i;r;;::;s::sr?ot 11^:^^ ':vt"- -^-- - ••■a-^^ t,.. certam ■•oward..n classification, their ret;ri:^h:vt^',::^r";r '""'^ "''• '"^' ''°^'' «"•''- -'' paration of final estimate. ^ '" cli^'uted. agreed to reconsi.ler same on pre- 80 21 tlie etuin. of the suh-ono-meers, they have not receive.) imyuu-nt fur tlie work they have well and properb^ -lone for defendants under the above eontn.t work to the an.unt " f: (^18 4 X^^^;^::;^::r '''' ''- ^""" -' '''''''■''' ^"- ^---^ '^ ^^'^- eiair t the ^^:::::^'rI::::^Z:'^ ':f^'^''' l-e in.proi.rly and u^ustly prevented Pflh-n„ .,« .n.,. I 1 " pi-o-rress estnnates and measurements and clas-iH- ihe plauititts propose that this aetion should be tried at Toronto Cree^:;-^;trs;^,t^^^^ ---- -. Ho.kin . PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STATEMENT OF CLAIM. in the s'^;'.S': -iS/:; t' ^V^'!"/ r"" «^ ^'^^ ^'-"^- •" ^^^ --thod of exeavation anntract,the^vereput;<.nL;e^e:;ens: ' "" ^^■''^■' ""^ "^^^^ """ ^^''"^■•' *^'^ «^"^ reu.>let Z::u.;l ';:!:• u'rT *^;rf •'\*" -^«»S« ^^^^ ^avin, re„.oved gullets and'' and of extra haul and "'^ ''" '"^''' *''"^ "'"■^"^■^"'^' ^'"-' ^P-^ ^>^' --*"»- Plant tho.;ni;™;;:;;L;',!;:;::;;^t:':;'""*^r ^'■*"" -'^^'"^^ -"'^" --^ *^> -^e engineers. "' "'^^ '^'' ''"''''' "^ ^'"-^ nnrro^.ln. of the bank ordered by the but r dZZiis'c' :r i?' ri"^ '" '^"^^ *■" p'"'"^'«^ ^^ ^'"^ -"-- -^ --i. work eontraet requires. ^ ^""" ''"" "^""'■^"^^ "^" P™^"""^^ the eertiheate whieh the 30 On those aceounts, the plaintiffs clain. the sun, of 81.5 000 -xn,! nr... fl f H ' be allowed and directed to make snob .,11,,.. , P ^^ ^'"^'^ *'"' "'•inug<.r may ^.rtificate therefor. allo.-ances and elassiHcation an,l to give the nl^cessary b ce ^' tl 22 STATEMENT OF DEFENCE. -in, tl.,t portion tI,.vofU.tu.,..:^^,i:,';\^^ "' *''""' '•""-^•- ""^ 4. TJ. plaiMtins perforn....] tl,.. w.'., ^i L e '; h' r""!' '" ''"'""^^ ""^•" ^t'' -^^s. 10 tI.c.ofor, una tl,o defendants say tlu.ttlK;"r,r ""'^ I"^''' "' f"" respect thereof. ^ ' ^ ""'^ ".del.ted to tl,,.,., tor anytl,i„»- whatever in '^^^^^^^'i^'^^^^^J;^^^ 'Tr^' •''■"^- '-^ ^"" -" -'- ^i-l -tin.ate, as stated i.Uhe mh ^^^ , Zt^l^i^^^'rTnT' " "'""^'"'^ "^ *"" any power to bind the defendants to an.^sud, a.a.c^nent "'"' "' ^'"' "'^"^ ^"^^ in ^'-2l;:riS:;t^:::r^^^ ''•■•.- ^-.e a,h,ations contained Howanl and Gordon had no pow or tW '',.;"'','';'''' '"' ^'"^' ^''•- -''^ ^otfat, iiailway Con>pany, by the agree nent or ^^^^^^^^ '"' 'T "'"r'"'*'^' ^'^ ^'-'-J'-^ facitic20 7. The dei^.ndants, the Canadi^ pISc^r:. ^^^r" ''^' '' ''"" '"-'' '"'^'"'^ ^'^^ t'-"- agreed to reconsider the rettn^ns of tlH^^^.r-r'"^ "'■''* *''^ ^'^i'» J"l'» Koss tms for the said wo.l, as .u'l: 1 ^ ^ u ,:S:'::"' f t f" ""' ^^^^'^"""^ -'*" *'- P'-- ' !-• l.ad any power or authoritj- io e^^^-n U e • f^^ ""^ ''-"'' ''^^'^^---^ "^ Ch.in,, o 't„.t '.^or..aid without the anthorii of ^i^i^ii^:: t ^ t;^: ;i;;;: ,;-r ^'":i'^ --'^'^ - .S. ihe sa.d contract amongst other thir.o-., contains t ''^' C'on.p.u.y. entit^, ^^n;:::;;;:;:Lf ;i z :"^^^-^ ^" ---"::::i:.s are fair.y eontractorsatanvW a' hn :;?''" T'''''''^' ^^^*''^^^^^^' '-* «'-''' ^1^ notinehuledinthepr:.^^^ ^ :,l7; ! rT'^f*'-' -^-'' they consider are ^^0 -peat such c]ain,s in w^itino . , .m n •"''"'"^' ''"' ^'"■"' *" "-'^---»1 «"«! every certih'cate in w id/ e^^ " ""' ,""'"' '' '''^^^ I"-" *'- ''-^te of ead, 25. The contruetors in to e Ln ' " " . V"^ '" ''^"" ''^"■» --"od. eIause,u.ustaeeon,p.n:t::^rs«:'r "'"'':''"'' ^^^^-"' ^« - the last t'.^'-son why th.Uidnh the;^;:.:;; :^:^;;:„7--- " ''rr--'^ -^^ •"H.le duru.g tlie progress of the M.,rk within T ■"' ""'' ''"""■^ *^^- tl'"s »-l -'P-ted in writing every nu t u^ 1 'n '^"^' '" '" t'"' I'^'-e^ling clause, clearly understood tluU thc.y u" " ' ^r''^ "^'"f "" '^ •*''^^'^''' ^^ '"-* '- ;...;.t::,;X^^^^^^^^^^^ -„ t... provisions of the ..r t^ey ^ere shut out. and that the pl.nti. ,.:; T dllr^rX-^t^J '^^ '^^^ 2d 10 Tin- plaintiffs Imve never made any claim or .leman.l upon the defendants, the Canadian 1 .leihc Railway C.-mpany, in respect of ti)e matters lierein complained of. althoutrh they are a le-ed to have existed ever sihce the year 1 882, nor di.l they tlie defendants ever hear of any such elands until the be,i,nm.in,ir of this action, and they helieve that the plaintiffs have sonie'other purpose or object iii now assertinjr them than a bona fide expectation of establishin-r them and they plead the laches of the plaintiffs in a matter of this nature as a bar to the said action' 11. The plaintiffs have brouojit three other separate actions against the defendants all in resj.ect ot^ matt.'rs arising out of the contracts with the defendants, the Canadian Pacific aihvay (..mpany, for the construction of their railway, and the said defendants charge that tliey luive .lone so vexatiously, and that all of the said actions ought to he consoIi;'liveml the 5tli day of May, 188(1, by R. M. Wells, of No. 110 King St. West, Toronto JJetendants Solicitors. ' JOINDER OF ISSUE AND I^EPLY. Tin., plaintiffs join issue upon the ^ ^^^e per tie. for the constrL'tfon ^1::^^^'^^::^ [^d:!:;'"^""" '"''l ^ *'"' '^'^ '' '' ^^^^ east, to tlie number of 2,640 ties for ead^ f . ' -"-"'"""'S at Port Arthur and running- inspection by the con.panv. ' '''^' """'^^^- "^^ "'"-^' «»^'l' ti^"« to be subject to 20 f-v uuies fro. the place ^l^:'Z;:TZ^:Z'i:\^'^'''f' .^ ''' ''"' ^'"^^ ^''^' «-* -luire,!. The said defendant co.npaJy then stt^^^^^ P"'* '' "" !"" "'"'■■^' *'''-'3' -«- 10 C] 25 were , Mt.vul l,;y tl... .\vUnuhmt c.npany tVo,„ plaintiffs an-l insp-cte.! l.y tl... cinpanv's i, «n..o o.■andproKn.ssost,^.ateH.■et.u•„e.ltothopl.untiHs,^.,. tl. sanl., an.l U^hI T mi^TI; ...„• .sulM...nt,aotor.s on such pro.a-es.s ostin.ato.s, l.ut ,sui.,scK,uontIy on. Si s wa . .i t oth r Tl ' , .' ' '"""""•'^' ^^•''" ""'■^' '■"^•^'•"1 ^" '•••PIHOO such ti..s thrown out 1 v uscl by tho .h.fen.lants. «"^'«^4"^'"t to the suxl secon.i .nsp,,cti..n as aforesaid, an.l 10 7. The ;)laiiititfs have under said contract sunnlicl tn ♦!„> i p i i have been ae .ented an.l us..d bv said .h-f^.T \ T' , «Icfendant con>pany ties which 1_ "^ """ "'"" 'JJ f•''"■;«■» I - "■»' ti,i» „i,„. f„,u::;,i',f„;t,:'t: "" '"' •''""""'' '""*■ STATHMENT OF DEFENCE. 1. Tlie defendants admit the first secoiwl nn,l f).;..i ., , ,. . of Claim. • *"'"'"' '*"'' *'^"^' P'^'-ttgraphs of the Plaintiffs' Statement 20 respect of the n.atter compLne.l of ' "^'"' '" ""•^' ^""" ^^''"^t^'ver in 4. This action should be disnusse.l m ith costs JOINDER. in &30