Legal Opinion
Byson v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 27, 1957No. Civ. 21906PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
The present action is against the city of Los Angeles to recover $13,042.51 damages allegedly sustained due to the city’s breach of a construction contract awarded plaintiff under authority of the city charter and the Improvement Act of 1911 (Sts. & Hy. Code, §§ 5000 et seq.). The gravamen of the amended complaint is that the city wrongfully compelled plaintiff to perform certain repair work not contemplated by his contract; recovery is sought for $11,-741.23, the cost of said repairs, and for $1,301.28 interest which plaintiff paid for the use of money he was obliged to borrow in order to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Borough Construction Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Conlin v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Gearty v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Miller v. McLaglenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- Mannella v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wilson v. Board of RetirementCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. Pasadena City Junior College DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Schultz v. SteinbergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
- Kessler v. SappCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Lee C. Hess Co. v. City of SusanvilleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
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