Can a contractor recover from a contractor's failure to meet the specifications of a construction contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Broley v. Mills, 1908 CanLII 171 (SK QB):
Trifling variations from the specifications or omissions in unimportant details will not, however, preclude the contractor from recovering. French v. Holtby, 1 O.W.R. 821.
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