Bethlehem Steel Company v. City of Chicago

ROBSON, District Judge.

Defendant has moved for summary-judgment and plaintiff has filed a countermotion for the same relief. Plaintiff has also moved to strike portions of the-defendant’s answer, as amended. The-suit involves the parties’ rights and liabilities under a written construction contract of December 21, 1961, governing-plaintiff’s furnishing and erecting for $1,734,200 the steel work for a section-of the South Route Superhighway known-as Section S-2424.3-2HF.

The critical provision of the contract here involved is that which provides for-$1,000 “liquidated damages” for each day of…