Alpine Construction Co. v. Gilliland

Plaintiff and defendant entered into a joint venture agreement concerning the construction project known as the St. Ignace By-Pass job. Later this joint venture agreement was, for practical purposes, extended to include two other jobs known as the Indian River job and the Amasa job.

Plaintiff lacked the required qualifications set by the Michigan state highway department to bid on a job of this size. After several conferences it Avas agreed that the defendant Avould submit a bid in its name but that the work Avould be handled as a joint enterprise betAveen the parties, and the basic agreement…