F. E. Marsh & Co. v. Light & Power Co.

I. Appellee Light & Power Company, desiring to construct a power plant on the Cedar River, employed George D. Dobson, of Des Moines, as engineer, to design the plant. The contract between the company and Dobson provided that Dobson should make plans and specifications for the dam and power house at the site selected; that Dobson should make “necessary soundings, to ascertain the character of the foundation at the dam site; to be present and assist the committee in receiving bids and awarding the contract; ’ ’ and, ‘ ‘ after completion of the structure, to make final inspection of same.” In…