DeMuth Landscaping & Design v. Heggestad

HAYDEN, Judge.

In the fall of 1985, Rueben Heggestad contacted DeMuth Landscaping & Design and requested it to submit a bid for landscaping of Heggestad’s lakeshore bank. On October 10, 1985, DeMuth submitted a document to Heggestad showing a total cost of $5,044 for the landscaping. Heg-gestad hired DeMuth to do the landscaping. Before Heggestad could begin the work, another contractor had to install a steel retaining wall, which was installed in November 1985. The day after the steel wall was installed, snow began to fall. This made it impossible for DeMuth to safely do the job until after…