Love v. Austin Bridge Co.

The bridge company insists the trial court erred when he held the provision in the contract between Wood county and Harris Powell that the former should retain 10 per cent. of sums shown by the engineer's estimates to have been earned by the latter was for the benefit of the county alone, and that the bridge company could not predicate liability to it on the failure of the county to retain such part of such earnings. As we understand them, none of the cases cited by the bridge company as supporting its contention do so; and we agree with the trial court that the remedy of the bridge company…