MOFFETT, HODGKINS & c. CO. v. ROCHESTER

No. 217.

178 U.S. 373 (1900)

MOFFETT, HODGKINS AND CLARKE COMPANY v. ROCHESTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis Marshall for petitioner.

Mr. Porter M. French for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Both of the lower courts agree that there was a mistake. The Circuit Court said that the proof of it was "clear, explicit and undisputed." The Circuit Court of Appeals, while expressing no dissent as to the fact, said "that one of the alleged mistakes, that in respect to the tunnel excavation, was not a mistake in any legal sense, but was a negligent omission arising from an...

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