Jersey Island Dredging Co. v. Whitney

The plaintiff, under an agreement with the defendant therefor, did certain dredging work, at a rate per diem agreed upon between the parties, on the defendant's ranch in Sonoma County, at the head of San Pablo Bay, on account of which the defendant paid to it one thousand dollars about September 1, 1900, leaving a balance of $97.75 unpaid upon the amount then claimed to be due. September 17th the plaintiff presented a bill for $721.35 (including said unpaid amount of the former bill), which it claimed to be then due to it. The defendant objected to this bill on the ground of the…