Haffner & Taylor v. Perloff

This is a suit for a balance due on a contract for the construction of a building, and for extra work done on the building and on • another building on the premises. The balance due on the contract price was $1,300.07 and the amount claimed for extra work on both buildings was $1,612.87. The defendant, answering the suit, claimed that the balance of $1,300.07, which would otherwise be duo under the contract, was offset By $1,300 for liquidated damages, for 26 days’ delay in the completion of the work, at $50 per day, as stipulated in the contract. He denied that the items sued for as extra…