American-Hawaiian Engineering & Construction Co. v. Territory of Hawaii
American-Hawaiian Engineering & Construction Co. v. Territory of Hawaii
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
A demurrer to the original petition was sustained in 16 Haw. 711, with leave to amend. A demurrer to the amended petition was sustained mite 28. A motion was made for general leave to further amend; this was denied but leave was given to amend the motion so as to ask for leave to make specified amendments. Such motion having been amended, the question is whether the proposed amended petition now presented is sufficient.
One of the claims in the original and first amended petition was for $2040.80 for extra work under a contract for rebuilding Eort street wharf and the demurrers were sustained as to this claim because the petition did not show that such extras were ordered in writing as required by the contract or that such written orders had been waived if they could be waived. The amendment now proposed separates the items composing this claim.
One group of the separated items aggregates $1910.05. It is not altogether clear from the proposed amendment just what the theory of the petitioner is in regard to this group. Most of the allegations that have already been held insufficient are retained. Apparently the changes in the statement of the claim are intended to show that the labor and materials making up this sum are not extras strictly speaking but were required by the contract itself though not contemplated by the parties to the contract, or, to express it another way, that th?y became necessary in order to carry out the contract although they were not in terms provided for in the contract and owing to alleged errors in the plans were not contemplated by the parties. The allegation chiefly relied on now is that the “contract, specifica
The other items, amounting to $18, $10, and $91.75 respectively, are relied on now as having been authorized or approved in writing. These might perhaps be proper subjects for amendments, but the proposed amended petition as a whole as it now stands cannot be allowed.
The motion for leave to amend in the form specifically requested is denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., A CORPORATION v. TERRITORY OF HAWAII
- Status
- Published