Healy v. Brewster

Plaintiffs and cross-defendants (hereinafter referred to as “appellants” 1 ), after trial before a jury, appeal from a judgment in the sum of $61,108.05, plus $16,000 for attorneys’ fees as an item of costs, entered in favor of defendant and cross-complainant (hereinafter referred to as “respondent”) in an action to recover on a construction subcontract.

Facts: August 26, 1958, appellants entered into a contract with the County of Los Angeles for the complete construction of an airstrip at the General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster, California.

Part of the required work consisted of…