Murphy v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the defendant, The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, from a judgment of the Supreme-Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered, in the ,ofñc¿ of the clerk of the county of' Onondaga on the 29th day of December, 1903, upon the report of a referee." 1
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:. On- the 10th day. of Augiist, 1901, the plaintiff entered into an agreement with the city of Syracuse to erect the Carnegie Library building in that city, The price to be paid was $1-33,897,. and the building was to be completed on or before November 1,1902. The contract contained a provision that in the event of the failure to complete the building at the stipulated- period, delay from inclement' weather, strikes, etc., excepted, the contractor should be charged with a per diem sum as damages to be fixed by the building- committee representing the city, in the construction of…
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