Court Opinion

ID: 9553570
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:32:03.089+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:31:41.764373
License: Public Domain

WADE, Justice
(concurring).
It seems that the defendant very negligently submitted a bid to do this work for about one-fourth of what the job would cost. There is no showing that plaintiffs could have gotten a better bid than the amount it cost them to do the job after defendants had refused to perform their contract. Nor is there any evidence that defendants in submitting such bid took a gamble on an uncertain proposition where there was a possibility of making a good profit, but also a danger that they would lose. Here it seems that from the beginning, and under all circumstances, the bid was only for a small fraction of the amount the job would cost. The plaintiffs have simply as a result of this contract been awarded the amount of this judgment without giving anything in return therefor, and the defendants have received no benefit or advantage as a result of their dealings with the plaintiffs. I concur with great reluctance.
CROCKETT, J., being disqualified, did not participate.