Legal Opinion
E. E. Tripp Excavating Contractor, Inc. v. Jackson County
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1975No. Docket 19526PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtM. J. Kelly, J.
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Facts
After competitive bidding, E. E. Tripp Excavating Contractor, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, was awarded the general contract for the construction of a sanitary sewer system in Blackman Township, Jackson County. The contract between plaintiff and the Jackson County Board of Public Works was in the amount of $1,330,958.24, and called for completion in one year.
The work was begun in November of 1971. In December, it was discovered that the subsoil conditions were unsatisfactory and that it would be necessary to reroute portions of the sewer. According to the contract, the project engineers…
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