Warren v. County of Stanton

This is an action by Mervyn J. Warren, plaintiff, against the county of Stanton, defendant, to recover a judgment on 193 warrants issued by the county to- the Standard Bridge Company and registered for nonpayment in the years of 1921 and 1922. The trial court allowed a recovery on the theory that defendant was estopped to assert the defenses pleaded. The county appeals.

The record shows that in the years 1919, 1920, 1921 and 1922, floods, high water and other causes required the replacement of many bridges in Stanton county. The county thereupon entered into numerous “unit price” contracts for…