Cochran v. People's Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Cowt. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge., (1) The court erred in holding that the stipulation on the subject of damages for delay, contained in the written contract between the parties, should not be enforced. Worrell v. McClinagham, 5 Strob. 115; Ward v. Building Co., 125 N. Y. 230; Railroad v. Rust, 19 Fed. Rep. 239; Fall v. Crowley, 15 Allen, 304; Wolf v. Railroad, 64 Iowa, 380; Fletcher v. Dyche,2 T. R. 32; Crux v. Aldred, 14 Week.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Cowt. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge., (1) The court erred in holding that the stipulation on the subject of damages for delay, contained in the written contract between the parties, should not be enforced. Worrell v. McClinagham, 5 Strob. 115; Ward v. Building Co., 125 N. Y. 230; Railroad v. Rust, 19 Fed. Rep. 239; Fall v. Crowley, 15 Allen, 304; Wolf v. Railroad, 64 Iowa, 380; Fletcher v. Dyche,2 T. R. 32; Crux v. Aldred, 14 Week. Reports, 956; 1-Sedgwick- on Damages [8 Ed.] sec. 419; Fruinv. Railroad, 89 Mo. 397; Morse v. Raihbu/rn, 42 Mo. 594. (2) The court…
1Opinion of the CourtGrANTT, P. J.
This is a suit at law for a balance on a building contract. Plaintiff claimed $3,285 due him on a contract price of $17,785, for building defendant an office building for its cable railway in the city of St. Louis.
The defendant in its answer claimed certain deductions for omissions made by the architect, also damages by way of counter-claim for defective material and unskillful workmanship, and a counter-claim for a delay of sixty-five days in the completion of the building at the rate of $50 per day as ‘‘liquidated damages.”
The contract contained this stipulation:
‘‘And the party of the first…
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