Penn Bridge Co. v. Kershaw County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. M. Smith, Judge. Suit by the Penn Bridge Company and another against the County of Kershaw. From the decree, -both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The above named appellants (plaintiffs below) built a bridge across the Wateree river near the city of Cam-*729ion,So. C., under a. contract with the county of Kershaw dated March 25. 1909. This contract, generally speaking, appears to be similar ¡o those under which such public works are usually constructed. It provided that the work covered by its terms should be finished on or before the 1st of November, 1909, and fixed liquidated damages for each day’s delay beyond that time, except for specified reasons. The bridge was completed and accepted about the 20th of August,…
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