Black Lake Pipe Line Co. v. Union Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that contractor could recover quantum meruit “for the reasonable value of services rendered and accepted which are not covered by the contract”
• recognizing that contractor could recover quantum meruit “for the reasonable value of services rendered and accepted which are not covered by the contract” (emphasis added)
• noting that the architect's approval was not binding on the owner, but was on the contractors
• noting that the architect’s approval was not binding on the owner, but was on the contractors
• adopting reasonableness test because construction contract provided that one party to contract could overrule its own inspectors' decision about whether performance was satisfactory
• adopting reasonableness test because construction contract provided that one party to contract could overrule its own inspectors’ decision about whether performance was satisfactory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).