Bellwood Discount Corp. v. Empire Steel Buildings Co.

Plaintiff, referred to herein as Bellwood, seeks (1) to rescind a building contract that it had entered into with defendant, referred to herein as Empire, and (2) to recover its initial payment under said contract.

By the terms of this contract, entered into in March, 1956, Empire agreed to furnish all labor and materials to construct a tapered girder steel panel building on a parcel of land, owned by plaintiff, in the city of Indio, and “. . . to furnish necessary engineering of structural steel and concrete block walls and foundation drawings only.” (Emphasis added.) Under the heading Work…