Palmberg v. City of Astoria

As stated in Palmberg v. Astoria, 101 Or. 224 (199 Pac. 630, 16 A. L. R. 1125):

‘‘This is an action to recover damages which the plaintiff claims to have sustained by reason of error committed by the defendant through mistake in materially understating in its specifications the amount of embankment required to complete an improvement upon a street of defendant city, by reason of which misrepresentation the plaintiff was induced to bid a lower sum for completing the improvement and to expend a greater sum of money therefor than would have been necessary had the conditions been as specified in…