Hyde v. City of Santa Cruz

GRAY, J., pro tem.

Respondent, by a written agreement, employed appellant to design a sewerage and sewerage disposal works, to prepare all drawings and the contract for its construction and to supervise and inspect" such construction for a percentage of its cost, payable in progress installments, subject to final determination thirty-five days after completion. Although providing that time was "of its essence, the agreement did not limit the time for perform'ance of these services except as to require appellant to begin the engineering work on a specified date and to furnish the designs,…