Robert E. Lee & Co. v. Commission of Public Works

Lionel K. Legge, Acting Justice.

Appellants, bidding jointly, were awarded on April 28, 1959, the contract for installation of a 48-inch water pipe line from respondent’s North Saluda Dam to Travelers Rest in Greenville County, South Carolina, a distance of about fifteen miles. After completion of the work they brought this action against the Cojnmission, alleging in their complaint two causes of action. Under the first, they sought to recover $65,693.20, the balance allegedly due them under the contract. Under the second, they sought damages in the amount of $260,804.09 for increased cost of…