Legal Opinion
Todd Dry Dock Engineering & Repair Corp. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 16, 1931No. 11PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The city was the owner of a dredge which it wished to have generally repaired and overhauled. It advertised for bids at a lump sum under its usual form of contract with detailed specifications; the libellant was the lowest bidder, was awarded the job in June, 1922, and began to perform. As is usual in such cases, disputes at once arose between the libellant and the city’s inspectors and engineers as to what work must be done, the officials demanding more than the contractor admitted to be required by the contract. After some fruitless correspondence the contractor…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Goltra v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Detroit v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- MacKnight Flintic Stone Co. v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Borough Construction Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Gearty v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Griffis v. StateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1943
- M. De Matteo Construction Co. v. Maine Turnpike AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1960