Northwestern Marble & Tile Co. v. Megrath

Citations

• 72 Wash. 441
• 130 P. 484
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1483

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Building Contracts — Specifications—Construction. Specifications of a contract for plumbing, requiring best quality “galvanized wrought iron or mild steel” pipe, confer an option upon the contractor to use either “galvanized wrought iron” or “mild steel.”</p> <p>Contracts — Construction — Powers of Supervising Architect. The supervising architect for the construction of a Federal building, under a contract making his decision as to the proper interpretation of the specifications final and conclusive, has no power to require the use of “galvanized wrought iron” pipe, where the contract plainly gave the contractor the option to use “mild steel” pipe.</p> <p>Parker, J., dissents.</p>