Wilder v. Baker

Baker & Ford Company, a partnership, was the prime contractor with the United States Navy in the construction of radio facilities in Whatcom county. C. Y. Wilder Company, a copartnership, was the subcontractor engaged to perform certain excavation work. A dispute arose between the subcontractor and the prime contractor relating to the interpretation of the contract phrase, “adjusted accordingly,” as it pertained to the amount of compensation the subcontractor would receive for its work, when the Navy altered its requirements in connection with the excavation to be performed.

From the judgment…