Muldoon v. Lynch

Citations

• 66 Cal. 536
• 6 P. 417
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 495

Syllabus

<p>Building Contract — Delay in Completion—Penalty — Eorfeiture— Liquidated Damages.—A clause in a contract for the erection of a marble tomb, requiring its completion by the contractor within a stated time, under forfeiture of ten dollars per day for each and every day’s delay beyond such time, provides for the payment of a penalty and not liquidated damages.</p>