Northeast Clackamas County Electric Co-Operative, Inc., a Corporation v. Continental Casualty Company, a Corporation, and S. H. Ripp, Doing Business as Ripp Electric Company, S. H. Ripp, Doing Business as Ripp Electric Company v. Northeast Clackamas County Electric Cooperative, Inc., a Corporation

221 F.2d 329 NORTHEAST CLACKAMAS COUNTY ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, a Corporation, and S. H. Ripp, doing business as Ripp Electric Company, Appellees. S. H. RIPP, doing business as Ripp Electric Company, Appellant, v. NORTHEAST CLACKAMAS COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Inc., a Corporation, Appellee. No. 13740. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. April 6, 1955. 1 Kell & Hamilton, Raymond M. Kell, Floyd D. Hamilton, William E. Dougherty, Portland, Or., for Northeast C. C. E. Co-op., Inc. 2 Robert Clapperton, Portland, Or., for Ripp. Conley & Greene, James L. Conley, Portland, Or., for Continental Cas. Co. 3 Before HEALY and POPE, Circuit Judges, and BOLDT, District Judge. 4 BOLDT, District Judge. 5 Appellant Cooperative is an Oregon corporation; appellee Casualty company, is a Maryland corporation; and the individual party Ripp is a resident of Oregon. The parties are referred to herein as Co-op, Surety and Contractor. 6 Co-op issued invitations to contractors for bids on construction of about 17 miles of power transmission line partly over mountainous terrain in Clackamas County, Oregon. Much of the…