Stimson Mill Company v. Braun

The appellants were the owners of certain property in Los Angeles, upon which was a five-story building, known as “Vickery Block,” and entered into a contract with the defendants Parton and Tuttle for its improvement. This improvement included taking out all the interior work of the building and furnishing the material and labor necessary to reconstruct it in accordance with certain drawings and specifications. The contract provided that the appellants should pay to the contractors for the work and materials $12,254, in certain installments, the last of which, amounting to $3,064, was to be…