Alpine Construction Co. v. Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham

This is an appeal by Alpine Construction Company, Plaintiff below, from the entry of a directed verdict in favor of Defendant/Appellee, the Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham. Alpine brought suit to recover $30,000 which it claims was wrongfully withheld pursuant to the liquidated damages provision of its construction contract with the Board. The $30,000 constitutes less than one percent of the total value of the contract, which was $3,867,931.

The issues raised on this appeal concern the central question whether the Board was entitled under the terms of the contract to assess…