Shockley v. Paul Davis Dry Goods Co.

On August 22, 1922, appellant, Paul Davis Dry Goods Company, employed appellee, an architect, to design and prepare all necessary drawings, plans, and specifications for a five-story- store and office building to be erected at the corner of West Fourth and Commercial Streets in the city of Waterloo, and to supervise the construction thereof. The agreement, which is in writing, provided for compensation to appellee as follows: 5 per cent of the total cost of the building and certain fixtures, payments to be made at intervals, and, “in the case of suspension or abandonment of the work or…