Cascade Electric Co. v. Rice

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for appellee Rice in an action for breach of contract; the action arose out of a building contract whereby Rice, a general contractor, undertook to construct a building for appellant Markert. For convenience, Rice will be referred to as plaintiff and Markert as defendant, although in the court below Cascade Electric Company, a subcontractor on the project, was the original plaintiff who initially sued Rice and Markert for payments due; Markert subsequently paid Cascade’s claim and took an assignment of it, whereupon Cascade Electric…