J. F. White Contracting Company v. New England Tank Industries of New Hampshire, Inc.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns a contract to build oil tanker dock facilities on the Piscata-qua river. Appellant, J. F. White Contracting Co. (White) agreed to build the dock, consisting of four cylindrical metal cells filled with sand and gravel, connected with each other and with the shore by catwalks. Appellee, New England Tank Industries of New Hampshire, Inc. (Tank), owner of the premises, sues for defective workmanship. Unlike the Pis-cataqua itself, the case meandered interminably for five years before a jury trial was finally reached. From an adverse verdict in the amount…