Legal Opinion
State Highway Department v. MacDougald Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 12, 1939No. 12854PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
MacDougald Construction Company filed a suit against the State Highway Department of Georgia, to recover about $7,000, claiming that in the performance of a contract for surface treatment of a road in this State it had been required by the engineer of the State Highway Department to use material of a kind different from that specified in the contract, and more expensive. The suit was dismissed on general demurrer, and the plaintiff excepted. The Court of Appeals reversed that judgment, sustaining the plaintiff’s contention as to the kind of material contemplated by the contract,…
2Cases cited76 opinions
- Kihlberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Martinsburg & Potomac Railroad v. MarchSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. GleasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Goltra v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Sweeney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America v. AndersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Beaufort Concrete Company v. Atlantic States Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Sasser & Co. v. GriffinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- In re the Arbitration between Dormitory Authority of New York & Span Electric Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Department of Transportation v. Dalton Paving & Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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