Uinta Pipeline Corp. v. White Superior Co.

ELLETT, Justice:

The defendant Ken R. White Company appeals to this court from a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff cross appeals for prejudgment interest on the award which the trial court denied.

The appellant is a professional engineering firm and was retained by the plaintiff to provide for the installation of an engine driven single-stage compressor in connection with a gas well. The compressor was a reciprocating piston engine enclosed in a cylinder and fueled by natural gas.

The compressor is needed in order to raise the pressure of the gas from the well…