ALTON V. PHILLIPS CO. v. STATE

No. 37502.

65 Wn.2d 199 (1964)

396 P.2d 537

ALTON V. PHILLIPS CO., Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

November 5, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester and Lyle L. Iversen, for appellant.

The Attorney General and Edward E. Level, Assistant, for respondent.


HUNTER, J.

On July 8, 1958, the Alton V. Phillips Co., Inc., plaintiff (appellant), contracted with the state of Washington, defendant (respondent), to construct two main piers (numbered 2 and 3) for a highway bridge across the Columbia River at Beebe, east of Chelan. Plaintiff alleges that during the course of construction subsurface physical conditions were encountered at the site of Pier 2 which differed materially from those contemplated in the contract, and that...

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