James & Yost, Inc. v. State Board of Higher Education

Plaintiff, James & Yost, Inc., an Oregon corporation, brought this action to recover for work and labor performed under a construction contract entered into with the defendant State Board of Higher Education of the State of Oregon. The contract relates to the remodeling of Villard Hall and the construction of a new theater building on the University of Oregon campus.

Plaintiff, being dissatisfied with the amount recovered for extra work done at the request of defendant, and because of the refusal of the trial court to accept plaintiff’s theory of the measure of recovery under the contract, has…