General Forms, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.

Deen, Judge.

What is meant by the terms "total rental cost” and "forms are to remain on job site for duration of work?” The original contract for building the hospital specified a completion date of April 14, 1969, and the forms were returned before that time. The president of the plaintiff corporation by affidavit stated that everyone in the construction business knows that multi-story buildings are built in phases, that when the concrete-pouring phase is completed, the entire contract is about 30% finished; “that among unprejudiced construction engineers and general contractors there is only…