Appeal of Parsons Construction Company

Spencer, J;

This is an appeal from the disallowance of a claim for $43,574.48 to cover increased costs occasioned by the breach of certain conditions of a construction contract by the State of Nebraska. The claim was disapproved by the State Engineer and disallowed by the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska.

The contract out of which the claim arose involved the building of two viaducts, which will hereinafter be referred to as the south and north bridges. It was one of several contracts included in a highway construction project on the Union-Omaha…