King v. State

Citations

• 112 Wash. 274
• 192 P. 15
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 741

Syllabus

<p>Contracts (141) —Building Contracts — Optional Use oe Fixtures—Withholding Approval by Architect—Extra Cost. The .extra cost of installing fixtures specified in a building contract maybe recovered, where the contract allowed the' contractors to install other fixtures of equal make and made the architects arbitrators, and officers in charge of the building refused to allow the change or permit the architects to approve thereof, which they would have done if allowed to exercise their independent judgment.</p> <p>Same (141). In such a case, the contractor’s right of recovery is not affected by a provision of the contract to the effect that no deviation from the drawings or specifications should be made without the written consent or approval of the officers in charge of the building, since there was no deviation attempted, but only the authorized substitution of one make of goods for another.</p>