Tribble v. Yakima Valley Transportation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Grady, J., entered November 15, 1916, upon the verdicts of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Respondents are contractors engaged in railroad construction. They were awarded the contract to build a certain line of railroad for the appellant. The line extended from the city of Yakima through Selah Gap, through the town of Selah and into the Selah valley. The work was done, but the parties disagreed upon final settlement. Without reviewing the vast detail with which the record abounds, it may be said that the cause of action set up by respondents rests in allegations that, after the contract was entered into, it was so radically changed by the appellant as to furnish ground for a…
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