St. Paul Dredging Co. v. State

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

St. Paul Dredging Company, plaintiff, seeks damages against the State of Minnesota for breach of a contract, S. P. 6947-06, for widening and grading shoulder of state Highway No. 216 for a distance of 17 miles beginning east of Hibbing. Plaintiff’s action is based upon its contention that contract specifications called for the defendant to furnish a highway worksite free from utility poles, that it failed to do so, and that in consequence plaintiff sustained damages.

The trial court construed the contract in accordance with plaintiff’s contentions and charged the jury…