COURT CASE DECISION

Court Case Decision Involving Soils In A Construction Contract

Court Case Decision Involving Soils In A Construction Contract

Court case: SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF TRENTON V. BENNETT (1859)

State the Problem

Facts: P. contracted with construction company (insured by D.) to build a schoolhouse. P. agreed to pay arbitrary installments upon completion of significant milestones of the erection of the schoolhouse. During the

construction of the schoolhouse, it was once felled by unforeseen gale winds, and subsequently felled by what the construction company alleged to be "latent defects in the soil". After this second setback, the construction company refused to rebuild it. So ...