Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co.

The plaintiff, a contractor, was preparing its bid for construction at the Cape Cod Community College. It received an "estimate” of $15,900 for movable steel partitions from the defendant, and used the estimate in preparing the bid it submitted. The construction contract was awarded to the plaintiff, the defendant refused to perform in accordance with its estimate, and the plaintiff engaged another company to supply and install the partitions for $23,000. The Appeals Court upheld an award of damages to the plaintiff, we allowed the defendant’s petition for further appellate review, and we…