McNeill Asphalt Co. v. State

McNeill Asphalt Co., Claimant herein, seeks to recover $54,031.90, which it alleges is due pursuant to a contract between Claimant, as general contractor, and the Department of Transportation of Illinois, for construction of an airport runway extension at the Kewanee Municipal Airport at Kewanee, Illinois. For the purpose of earth excavation and embankment and attendant dirt removal, the general contractor employed Strunk Brothers Company as subcontractor.

Following the completion of the project, the State paid the general contractor (Claimant) the entire remaining balance, known and admitted…