Goodwin v. S. A. Healy Co.

I. The Facts and Proceedings

On October 23, 1961, a written contract was entered into between Twelve Towns Drainage District and four corporations. The contract recited that the corporations have “entered into an agreement of joint venture and joint enterprise to construct a certain relief drain in Oakland County, for the Twelve Towns Drainage District.” The four contracting corporations were: S. A. Healy Company, a foreign corporation; Gargaro Company, Inc., a Michigan corporation; Barton-Malow Company, a Michigan corporation; and Charles J. Rogers, Inc., a Michigan corporation. The first…