Pitt Const. Co. v. City of Alliance, Ohio

(after stating the facts as above).

1. We see no escape from the conclusion that 328.4 is an express representation to the contractor that the proposed structure would be located with reference to the existing ground surface as shown in the cross sections thereon. The facts that this surface indication was not expressly so named every time it appeared, and that the actual distances from it up and down to the top and bottom of the new structure were not stated in figures, are immaterial. We think the drawing shows as plainly as if stated in words that the distance from the present surface of…