McConnell v. Corona City Water Co.

Plaintiff engaged himself to build for defendant a tunnel “in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner to completion,” as far as the defendant might direct; “it being the intention to construct the said tunnel for the distance, of about 1,200 feet to the artesian wells, unless water in sufficient quantities is encountered before reaching that point.” It was stipulated “that said tunnel shall be constructed on the grades and according to the specifications of the engineers of the party of the second part in charge of the work. The tunnel will be timbered in a thoroughly workmanlike and…