Sierra Nevada Mill Co. v. Keith-O'Brien Co.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover an alleged balance due on a contract. It and the defendant entered into a written contract by the terms of which the plaintiff, for the sum of $37,055, agreed to construct and install for the defendant, on or before the 28th of August, 1912, certain store fixtures; and upon its failure to do so within that time, to pay the defendant $100 a day as liquidated damages for each day thereafter until the completion of the work. It alleged full performance of the contract on its part, and that it, at the defendant’s directions, had also made alterations…