Opinion ID: 2619544
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Duty to Minimize Costs

Text: Although Willamette and Jackson charge that the court erred in overlooking the duty of Martin and Luther to make every possible effort to minimize costs, this criticism can scarcely be taken seriously since the memorandum opinion stated, Martin & Luther had a duty at all times to minimize costs, with which observation we unreservedly agree. It follows that these appellants must have intended to say that the court failed to apply the maxim which it pronounced and gave less than adequate consideration to various items which were improper or which were overcharges. A list of these is attached to the brief but we deem it unessential to analyze or discuss such entries at this time since they deal with the situation negatively while the next charge of error approaches the claimed improprieties of the judgment from a positive aspect by saying that an unreasonable value was placed on the work performed. The net result of any determination would be the same regardless of whether it was reached by inclusion or exclusion, and we therefore consider the matters together.