A. H. Barbour & Son, Inc. v. State Highway Commission

This is an action by a contractor to recover additional compensation from the State of Oregon acting by and through its State Highway Commission for work done under a contract for the maintenance cleaning and painting of all structural steel in the three steel spans below the roadway slab of the Yaquina Bay Bridge at Newport, Oregon.

In a trial before the court without a jury the court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $37,468.96. Defendant has appealed from the judgment so far as it exceeds the sum of $2,968.96.

The contract…