Marsh v. Kauff

Citations

• 74 Ill. 189

Syllabus

<p>Contract—right to damages for delay caused by the party claiming them. Where a written contract for the building of a stable provides that the work shall be completed by a specified day, and that the contractor shall pay the sum of thirty dollars a day for each day’s delay after the date mentioned, the employer will have no right to exact damages for a delay caused by his own act in stopping the work.</p>