Green v. City of Ballard

Citations

• 51 Wash. 149
• 98 P. 95
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 986

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Construction—For Sinking Well — Test oe Capacity — Performance. In a contract for sinking city wells, agreed to produce 1,500,000 gallons per day for a period of fourteen months, a clause providing that, after a certain payment upon obtaining a supply of 800,000 gallons a day, the contractor shall be paid the balance when successful in obtaining a supply equal to 1,500,000 gallons per day of twenty-four hours, “when tests are made and work accepted by the city council,” requires that the character of the well for the entire period must be ascertained by test, and upon a successful test made by authority of the council for six days, the contractor is entitled to the full contract price before the expiration of the fourteen months.</p>