City of Aransas Pass v. Hamon & Griffith, Inc.

BROWN, Associate Justice.

Appellant, City of Aransas Pass, having in mind the repairing, improving, and extension of its water and sewer systems, undertook such improvements as a PWA project and employed appellees Hamon & Griffith, Inc., as engineers.

The contract of employment is in writing and provides, among other things, that the owner agrees to pay the engineers for services rendered a fee of 6 per cent, of the cost of the work. The engineers’ services provided for in the contract were to consist of necessary conferences, preparation of preliminary studies, working drawings,…