H. W. Bond & Bro. v. City of New Orleans

HIGGINS, Justice.

Caldwell Bros, and H. W. Bond & Bro., partnerships engaged in business as general contractors, brought this action against the City of New Orleans to recover the sum of $29,892.61, representing alleged extras consisting of brass strippings placed in the terrazzo pavement on the sidewalks and the neutral ground of Canal street, which were paved under a written contract between the parties.

The defense was twofold: (1) That under the agreement, the city engineer’s decision would be final and binding on both parties and that this official had ruled that the brass strippings were…