Forrester v. Hauser Construction Co.

The defendant Hauser Construction Company had entered into .a contract with the City of Portland to construct the headwords of the Portland-Bull Run water system, situate in the mountains at a considerable elevation and about five miles north of the Portland Railway terminal on the Bull Run Line. In effecting the execution of that contract, the defendant made and entered into the contract with plaintiffs above set out, which forms the basis of this action.

Under their contract with defendant the plaintiffs undertook to gunite about 28,044 square feet of concrete. The term “gunite” originates…