Langdon v. Northfield
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, refusing a new trial after a trial before Rea, J., and a dismissal ordered at the close of plaintiffs’ case.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The parties to this action entered into a railroad construction or grading contract of the usual form, by which the defendants were to construct or grade a certain section of a railroad at a specified schedule of prices for the different classes of work, of-which 85 per cent, was to be paid monthly on the monthly approximate estimates of the chief engineer of the railway company, the remaining 15 per cent, to be retained until the final estimate after the work was completed. The contract contained the usual provision making the chief engineer of the railway umpire to decide all matters…
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