Whelan v. Young
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Special Term upon a bill filed to enforce mechanics’ lien. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cox
On the 9th of June, 1888, Hanson C. Walter entered into a written contract with Mrs. Young, the defendant, to build a house for her and complete it by December 1, following, for the sum of $6,063.91, to be paid in eight installments as the work progressed, and the contractor was to forfeit $5 for every day’s delay in completing the house beyond the time agreed on.
Mrs. Young paid six of- the installments, amounting to *52$4,goo, when, on the 17th of December, sixteen days after the house was to have been completed, Walter abandoned the work, leaving the house unfinished and $1,163.91 of the…
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