Hipple v. Mason

A building agreement between the firm of Mason & Fox, as contractors, and W. O. Hippie, as owner, providing for the construction of an addition to the owner’s public garage in Baltimore, included the following stipulations:

“The owner agrees to pay the contractor in current funds for the performance of the contract as follows: 6% on the total cost of the operation-; the- contractor agrees to guarantee the cost of the building, exclusive of the plumbing, heating, electric wiring and fixtures, not to exceed the sum of twenty-eight thousand,- one hundred and sixty ($28,160.00) dollars, for the…