Renton, Holmes, & Co. v. Monnier
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. As a foundation for the admission of the deposition of Valentine H. Harding, the evidence showed such inquiries and answers as are stated in the last syllabus above.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C. C.
It appears from the record in this case that on the fourteenth day of April, 1882, the defendant entered into a written contract with one Valentine H. Harding, to construct for him a building on Howard Street, in the city of San Francisco, for the sum of $8,957, to be paid in installments as the work progressed, and the first payment of $1,000 to be made when the frame was up to the second-story floor, including the second-story-floor joists and frame of sidewalk.
It was provided that the building should be constructed “ according and conformable to the drawings and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bierce v. Red Bluff Hotel Co.California Supreme Court · 1866
- Perkins v. EckertCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
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