Masonite Corp. v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Opinion

KANE, Acting P. J.

Defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (hereinafter appellant or P G and E) appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding respondent damages in the sum of $46,508 plus interest for breach of contract. The relevant facts may be summarized as follows:

By a written agreement executed September 28, 1966, appellant undertook to provide natural gas for respondent corporation, a commercial consumer, which maintained and operated a hardboard plant in Ukiah, California. Although respondent utilized gas for the diyer and space heaters, 99 percent of all gas supplied by P…