Ed Sparks & Sons v. Joe Campbell Construction Co.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff-respondent Ed Sparks & Sons the balance of the contract price set forth in a construction contract. The principal question presented is whether there was sufficient evidence of a mutual mistake to sustain the district court’s reformation of the contract and thereby exclude certain items otherwise required to be performed by Sparks. We reverse.

Joe Campbell Construction Company held a contract with the State of Idaho to demolish a building and construct a parking lot on the campus of Idaho State University. In turn,…