Red-Samm Mining Co. v. Port of Seattle

Red-Samm Mining Company, Inc. and General Construction Company, joint venturers (hereinafter Red-Samm), brought this action against the Port of Seattle seeking reformation of a contract by which Red-Samm agreed “to furnish all labor, material, and supplies, and to construct” the port’s “L.D.I.D.D. Terminal 115 — Development Unit No. 2, Yard Improvements and Utilities” for the sum of $2,535,062.56.

The parties entered into a stipulation as to agreed facts. Red-Samm moved for a summary judgment decreeing that the contract be reformed to increase the contract price by $96,650.34. The port moved…