Rommel Bros. v. Clark

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

In the year 1925, or 1924, the appellants and plaintiffs below, Rommel Brothers, a partnership, composed of Daniel and Edward Rommel, contracted with the Citizens’ Hotel Company, a corporation in Louisville, Ky., to construct the Kentucky Hotel for a consideration of about $2,000,000. The work progressed until the building was nearly finished in December, 1925, when the contractors made a demand of the Hotel Company for the payment of $71,000, the whole of which it did not at that time possess. During, the progress of the construction the appellees…