Anderson v. Ripley County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The contract for the extra work sued for is not void, but especially provided for in the “fourth” clause of the original contract; as this work merely consisted of alterations from the original plans and specifications. This suit is for work and labor done and materia]s furnished in good faith by plaintiff, as is admitted.
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Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The contract for the extra work sued for is not void, but especially provided for in the “fourth” clause of the original contract; as this work merely consisted of alterations from the original plans and specifications. This suit is for work and labor done and materia]s furnished in good faith by plaintiff, as is admitted. This being true it falls under section 1800, ’ Revised Statutes 1899, and the contract need not have been executed with all the formalities required by section 6759, Revised Statutes 1899. Bryson v. Johnson…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
“This action arose out of an attempted modification of an original contract between appellant *52and respondent, to build a court house and jail for Ripley county. Said original contract was dated October 10, 1898. The modification, or new contract between appellant and respondent, was dated May 5, 1899. Rip-: ley county had not funds to erect the necessary and desired buildings provided for in the contract, and a proposition to bond the county in the sum of twenty thousand dollars to build said court house and jail was submitted to the voters thereof on the 30th day of July, 1898, and was duly…
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