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436 F.2d 976
5th Cir.
1971
PER CURIAM:

In this case the plaintiff-contractor sued to recover the value of certain alleged extra work performed pursuant to a contract for river channelization. In a detailed and well-reasoned opinion Judge Orma R. Smith denied the principal item of recovery by holding that the additional work was mere difficulty in performance which could have been foreseen before acceptance of the contract since defendants’ plans and specifications adequately revealed the type of soil conditions to be expected. The district court granted plaintiff’s claim for a sum over and above the price paid for the new spur inlets but disallowed recovery of interest on money admittedly owed plaintiff for the reason the defendant had made a tender without prejudice. Finally, the district court refused plaintiff’s claim for compensation for clearing work on the entire area to be cleared as shown on defendants’ maps. There is nothing we can add to the opinion of the district court. See 304 F.Supp. 580.

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Baton Rouge Contracting Co., Inc. v. West Hatchie Drainage District of Tippah County, Mississippi
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date Published: Jan 26, 1971
Citations: 436 F.2d 976; 29249_1
Docket Number: 29249_1
Court Abbreviation: 5th Cir.
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