City of San Antonio v. Meader

POPE, Justice.

City of San Antonio sued Ike Meader, Jr., a building contractor and his bondsmen, for damages for failure to make certain repairs to a fire station. The City Engineer was made the sole and final arbiter of the cause of the damages and he decided against Meader. The court rendered' judgment denying the City’s suit for damages, notwithstanding a jury verdict that the Engineer’s decision was not arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.

Meader, under a contract with the City, erected a Fire Station and agreed to guaranty, repair and maintain the station for a period of one year from…