Freese v. Town of Alburnett

Plaintiff-contractor brought this action to recover the sum of $500 against the defendant, Town of Albur-nett, Iowa, under a well drilling contract. His claim is for extra work performed under authority of an “extra work” order issued to him by the Town, through its engineer, pursuant to terms of the contract.

The issues themselves are simple. They are: (1) Was the work for which plaintiff seeks recovery actually extra work or was it work required under the basic contract price? (2) Did the plaintiff establish that he was entitled to the sum of $500 for extra work? The trial court found that…