Ericksen v. Edmonds School District No. 15

Plaintiff, a general contractor, brought suit against defendant, a school district, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of defendant’s breach of a contract under which plaintiff had been authorized by defendant to construct for it certain additions to its high school building. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the court, on motion of defendant, dismissed the action with prejudice and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiff appealed.

In the latter part of October, 1938, the respondent school district advertised for bids for the construction of certain…