Evans v. Oregon & Washington Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered October 11, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
Prior to August 12, 1907, the appellants entered into a contract with the respondent Oregon & Washington Railroad Company, for grading a part of its roadbed in Lewis county. On that date the appellants entered into a written contract with the respondent Evans, by which they sublet to him a portion of the work. The respondent Evans commenced work under his contract, but finding that the compensation agreed upon was inadequate, abandoned the work. *431’The following day, at the instance of the division engineer of the railroad company, a Mr. Abbott, Evans and Abbott went to see the appellant…
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