Ideker, Inc. v. Missouri State Highway Commission

SOMERVILLE, Chief Judge.

The Missouri State Highway Commission (Commission) has appealed from a judgment returned against it in favor of Ideker Incorporated (Ideker) for damages in the sum of Two Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Seven Hundred One Dollars ($287,-701.00).

The nature of Ideker’s cause of action and the points relied on by the Commission on appeal, for sake of clarity and comprehensibility, will be prefaced by a statement of the facts and a review of cases from which Ideker’s cause of action is derived.

Ideker, a “highway contractor”, was successful bidder on a construction project let…