LAAS v. MONTANA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

No. 11877.

483 P.2d 699 (1971)

Walter LAAS, d/b/a Laas Construction, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The MONTANA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, and Alex Blewett, J.M. Naas, Arlong M. Swanson, Dallis W. Van Delinder and John J. Leary, all individual members of the Montana State Highway Commission, and the State of Montana, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 30, 1971.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison, Loendorf & Poston, Helena, James T. Harrison, Jr., argued, Helena, N.A. Rotering, Highway Atty., Helena, for defendants-appellants.

Leif Erickson, argued, and Leif B. Erickson, appeared, Helena, for plaintiff-respondent.


ROBERT S. KELLER, District Judge, sitting in place of HARRISON, C.J., delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is a multiple count action for damages arising out of a contract to grade and drain six and one-half miles of road extending from U.S. Highway No. 2, west of Troy, Montana, northward along the Yaak River, and constituting for the most part, new road.

A jury verdict in the district court of Lewis and Clark...

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