Legal Opinion
Six Companies of California v. Joint Highway District No. 13
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1941No. JOINT HIGHWAY DIST. NO. 13 OF STATE OF CALIFORNIAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Chief Justice Hughes
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Six Companies of California, a contractor, brought this suit against respondent, Joint Highway District No. 13,. to recover the reasonable value of materials and labor furnished under a contract. The contractor had under-, taken to rescind for alleged breach by respondent and had stopped work. Respondent answered, alleging wrongful abandonment of the contract and by cross-complaint sought damages against the contractor and its sureties..
There was a clause in the contract for liquidated damages in the amount of $500 a day in case of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rindge Co. v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Tipton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bacigalupi v. Phoenix Building & Construction Co.California Court of Appeal · 1910
- Six Companies of California v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Sinnott v. SchumacherCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
3Cited by12 opinions
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- Preston v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- William H. Beggs and Mary Clark Beggs v. Dougherty Overseas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Myers v. SlotkinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1952
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