Ferguson Contracting Co. v. State
New York Court of Claims
Claim for damages arising out of a contract for the construction of a portion of the Barge canal.
1ConcurrenceRodenbeck, J.
The claimant made a contract with the State of New York, April 3, 1905, for the improvement of a section of the Erie canal adjoining the village of Waterford, consisting generally in the excavation and protection of the sides of the so-called Barge canal from, the Mohawk river to a point about a quarter of a mile west of the head of lock No. 3 and the construction of locks Nos. 2' and 3, with the approaches and appertaining parts, covering a distance of ninety-one one-hundredths miles. i
Thereafter from time to time, with the assent of the claimant, alterations were made by the State in the…
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- National Contracting Co. v. Hudson River Water Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
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