Brothers v. Town of Virginia City

This is an appeal from a final judgment following a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff Bill Brothers in the district court, Madison County.

On July 21, 1972, Bill Brothers Construction entered into a contract with the Town of Virginia City, Montana, whereby the contractor agreed to construct a sanitary sewer system and lagoon for the contract price of $139,681.50. Virginia City subsequently requested changes in the sewer system which reduced the contract price to $138,629.20. These changes were approved by the contractor and Virginia City’s supervising engineer.

The contractor…