W K Contracting Co., Inc. v. Ashland Oil & Refining Co.

This case involves an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Western District of Kentucky that Appellant, W K Contracting Co. (W K), was not entitled to payment for work which it contended was extra and beyond that contemplated by the contract between W K and Appellee, Ashland Oil & Refining Co. (Ashland). It was alleged that the work had been ordered by Ashland during the performance of the contract which provided for the construction of a pipeline from Patoka, Illinois to Owens-boro, Kentucky. The District Court did permit recovery by Appellant of $24,-332.46 withheld by…