Northern Improvement Company v. State

PAULSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, which judgment awarded Northern Improvement Company [hereinafter Northern] $12,000 on a contract with the State of North Dakota [hereinafter State],

' On February 5, 1971, the State, by its Director of Institutions, hired Northern to repair a broken sewer line under the Heart River in Mandan. The sewer line ran from the State Industrial School to the city sewer system in Mandan, and the break in the sewer line allowed raw sewage to be discharged into the Heart River. The contract was awarded and the work performed by…