City of Houston v. Howe & Wise

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellees, W. F. Smith and Jason Umber, partners under the firm name of Howe & Wise, brought this suit'against appellant, City of Houston, to recover compensation or fees for supervisory engineering services in connection with the San Jacinto River Water Supply Project, known as Lake Houston, alleging that they were entitled to be paid for their engineering services 5% of what it cost appellant to do the work, as provided in a written contract entered into by them and appellant on February 1, 1951. They alleged that they were paid $102,663.52 for work actually performed under…