Armour and Company, a Corporation v. R. Stewart Scott

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellee, Armour and Company (Armour), hired the appellants (herein collectively referred to as “Three Rivers”) as its general contractor for construction of an extensive regional meat processing facility in the Pittsburgh area. During the construction, innumerable difficulties developed between the parties, the denouement of which was the termination of the Three Rivers’ contract before its completion. The building, having a contract price of approximately Six and One-Half Million Dollars, ended up costing Armour more than Ten Million Dollars. 1

Armour filed suit for…