Clark v. Dalman

Glen Dalman, the defendant, entered into a contract on October 2, 1961, with the city of Otsego, to repair, clean, and paint the city’s 150,000-gallon elevated water storage tank. Williams & Works, a consulting civil engineering firm, was designated by the city to supervise the work on the tank. The defendant’s contract included the following provision:

“The contractor shall notify the engineer as to the exact time at which he proposes to begin any part of the 'work, at least 48 hours in advance of any sttch start so that the engineer may provide for inspection by resident engineers and/or…