Legal Opinion

Burgard v. State

New York Court of Claims

Decided November 15, 1905No. 7669Published

Claim against the State under a contract for the construction of a State road for the increased cost of material not contracted for but required by a division engineer.

1Opinion of the CourtMurray, J.

On the trial of this case the claimant abandoned all the damages asked for excepting the item of $1,678.79 which he claimed due him from the State by reason of a change made in the material used in the building of the highway in question.

In the year 1898, the claimant entered into a contract with the State for' the building and construction of six and *24fifty-four hundredths miles of the White Corners plank road between the city of Buffalo and the village of Hamburg in the county of Erie. His claim in respect to the above mentioned item is that, when the printed proposals inviting bids for this…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Pine River Logging Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Hawkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Delafield v. StateNew York Supreme Court · 1841
  5. Herbert & Others v. WREN & OTHERSSupreme Court of the United States · 1813

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