Ecco-Phoenix Electric Corp. v. Howard J. White, Inc.

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff, Ecco-Phoenix Electric Corporation, an electrical contractor, entered into a written subcontract agreement with defendant Howard J.' White, Inc., a general contractor, under which plaintiff agreed to install the electrical system in a building to be constructed by White on the Stanford University campus.

Following completion of the work, plaintiff demanded of defendant additional payment for “extras,” work assertedly performed outside the scope of the contract. Defendant denied liability for such payments, and there ensued this litigation, in which plaintiff sought an…