Highway Commission v. . Rand

This was a civil action brought by the plaintiff, the State Highway Commission, against R. G. Rand and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, for the recovery of the sum of $63,510.50 for alleged breach of the contract sued on.

On 27 July, 1923, the plaintiff and the defendant, R. G. Rand, entered into a contract for the construction of a certain road leading from Waynesville, N.C. to Pigeon River, in Haywood County, known as State Highway Project No. 940, "being approximately 7.13 miles long and approximately estimated to cost $80,380.00." Prior to this time the plaintiff had contracted…