Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. McWherter

The receivers in charge of the M. K. & T. Railway Company entered into a contract with the Union Bridge Company for the construction of the superstructures of certain iron and steel bridges, among which was one across the Neosho River, near Osage Mission. The contract contained, among others, the following provisions :

“Third. The work herein specified and in the specifications and the plans and drawings to be prepared in accordance therewith, shall be executed under the direction of the superintendent of bridges and buildings of the parties of the second part, as aforesaid, or his assistants…