County of Greenlee v. Webster

The plaintiffs, as the lowest responsible bidders, were on March 17, 1919, given by the defendant county the contract to construct and improve some thirty-three miles of the Clifton-Springerville road, beginning with section 1 and extending to station 1835-31, section 7. The plaintiffs began the work of actual construction immediately thereafter. The *185county, acting through its board of supervisors and engineer, in the progress of the work, made many alterations in the plans and specifications, resulting in the alteration of the quantity, location and extent of the work as originally estimated…