P & Z Pacific, Inc., a Corporation, and P & Z Co., Inc., a Corporation v. Panorama Apartments, Inc., and Ross B. Hammond Co., Ross B. Hammond Co., a Corporation v. P & Z Pacific, Inc., a Corporation, and P & Z Co., Inc., a Corporation

372 F.2d 759 P & Z PACIFIC, INC., a corporation, and P & Z Co., Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. PANORAMA APARTMENTS, INC., and Ross B. Hammond Co., Appellees. ROSS B. HAMMOND CO., a corporation, Appellant, v. P & Z PACIFIC, INC., a corporation, and P & Z Co., Inc., a corporation, Appellees. No. 19888. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. January 25, 1967. Charles O. Morgan, Jr., of Morgan & Moscone, Cyril Viadro, San Francisco, Cal., for P & Z Pacific Co. William F. White, of White, Sutherland & White, Portland, Or., for P & Z Pacific, Inc., and P & Z Co., Inc. Denton G. Burdick, Jr., Harold B. Hutchinson, of Hutchinson, Schwab & Burdick, Portland, Or., for appellee Panorama Apartments, Inc. Walter H. Evans, Jr., William D. Peek, Portland, Or., for Ross B. Hammond Co. Before HAMLEY, KOELSCH and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge. 1 P & Z Pacific, Inc. and P & Z Co., Inc. (P & Z) contracted to perform the caisson-foundation work on a Portland, Oregon apartment complex. The plans and specifications on which P & Z relied in making its fixed-sum bid included two reports, prepared by an independent soil…