City of Hillsboro v. James & Yost, Inc.

Defendant contracted with plaintiff City to furnish and lay concrete pipe for sewer extensions. The City brought an action for damages, contending that' the work was done defectively. The jury found for the City and assessed its damages at $60,000. Defendant appeals.

The first three assignments of error concern evidence which was admitted over defendant contractor’s objection.

I

The specifications call for leakage and infiltration tests:

“On completion of a section of sewer between manholes or otherwise the Engineer may require that the ends be bulkheaded and the pipe subjected to a hydrostatic…