Deerfield Electric Co. v. Herbert W. Jaeger & Associates, Inc.

Defendant, Slovak American Charitable Association (the Association), appeals from a judgment which awarded plaintiff, Herbert W. Jaeger & Associates, Inc. (Jaeger), a mechanic’s lien against certain of defendant’s property, assessed damages in favor of plaintiff for breach of a construction contract between the parties and denied defendant’s counterclaim for damages for breach of that contract.

On May 24,1972, the Association entered into a contract with Jaeger, a general contractor, for construction of a rest home on property owned by it in Lake County at a price of *690,000. The contract called…