Delong
Delong v. Mission Marble Works
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Cashin, J.
Defendant Mission Marble Works, a corporation, on March 29, 1923, entered into a contract with the Bank of Italy to manufacture and install the marble work in a bank building, which was being erected by the latter at Visalia. The work was to be done according to certain plans and specifications which were referred to in the contract. The plans were prepared by the architect employed by the 'bank, and the specifications provided that the contractor should prepare and furnish shop drawings of the marble work, and that these should be checked by the architect and returned to the contractor with his approval or corrections. The contractor prepared a set of shop drawings, but the evidence shows that only one of these, called the typical floor plan, and upon which were shown the marble tiled floor, the border and wainscoting of the second, fourth, and fifth floors of the building, was submitted to the architect. The latter drawing as shown was a blueprint, and on May 3, 1923, before the plaintiff had any connection with the work, the same was returned by the architect to the contractor with a number of corrections made thereon. The evidence further shows that after the latter date and…