Beattie v. McMullen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a subcontractor to recover for alleged extra work and material, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for 131,516, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiffs are engaged in the business of quarrying, preparing and dressing stone; the defendants are contractors in bridge building. The Connecticut River Bridge and Highway District is a public corporation, created by the legislature of this State for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a public bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, and acting by a board of commissioners.
In July, 1903, the Bridge and Highway District, by its board of commissioners, entered into a written contract with the defendants for the construction of a bridge, to be about 1,185 feet in length,…
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