Randolph-Perkins Co. v. City of Highland Park

Appellee is an engineering firm. On May 6, 1929, it entered into a written agreement with appellant to furnish engineering services and to supervise the construction of a proposed street lighting system. The improvement was to be paid for by special assessment, and appellee was to be paid for its services in local improvement bonds issued against said project. The contract further provided that in the event the improvement was abandoned by appellant, appellee was to receive as an agreed compensation for its services rendered, the sum of $7,500.

The proposed work was abandoned by the city.…