Oak Grove Const. Co. v. Jefferson County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action by the Oak Grove Construction Company against Jefferson County. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
The county of Jefferson, in 1906, after due preliminaries, let a road construction and improvement contract to five men associated as a partnership as “Oak Grove Construction 'Company.” Very soon afterwards, and before much construction work was done, these associates organized an Alabama corporation, named “The Oak Grove Construction Company” (the plaintiff), and assigned to it their contract. The work was continued by plaintiff about three years, and the county paid plaintiff, on estimates, from time to time, the greater part of the expense of the work. At the end,…
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