United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co. v. Cavanagh

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chibe Justice.

The action in this case was brought to recover for alleged breach of contract. The case *190was tried before the court without a jury, aud resulted in a finding in favor of the plaintiff for $10,000. The following are the undisputed material facts: In the year 1907 the city of Hoboken deemed it advisable to increase and extend its water supply system by laying additional mains in certain streets of the city. In June of that year the board of water commissioners advised the mayor and common council of the importance of doing this…