Fisher Electric Co. v. Bath Iron Works
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Lillibridge, J. Assumpsit by the Fisher Electric Company against the Bath Iron Works, Limited, to recover a balance due for materials and labor. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. Defendant, a corporation of Bath, Me., was, in 1891 f constructing two gunboats for the United States. September 9, 1891, it made a contract with plaintiff to install said boats with electric lights.
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Error to Wayne; Lillibridge, J. Assumpsit by the Fisher Electric Company against the Bath Iron Works, Limited, to recover a balance due for materials and labor. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. Defendant, a corporation of Bath, Me., was, in 1891 f constructing two gunboats for the United States. September 9, 1891, it made a contract with plaintiff to install said boats with electric lights. The contract was based upon specifications issued by the naval department of the United States to defendant, and furnished by it to plaintiff as'the basis for its bid. The contract is…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). 1. Assuming that there was delay on the part of the inspector to furnish to plaintiff the drawings, specifications, and other information mentioned in the contract, is the defendant liable for such default? It is urged by counsel for the defendant that plaintiff accepted all the chances of delay on the part of the inspector, and thereby relieved it from. any duty in regard to this information. There was no contractual relation between plaintiff and the government. The contract for the construction of the boats was be*298tween defendant and the government. Defendant had…
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