Tubbs

Tubbs v. Delillo

Good Law
19 Cal. App. 612·1912 Cal. App. LEXIS 181·127 P. 514
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 6, 1912Civ. Nos. 954 and 958.California2,952 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Burnett, J.

There are two appeals in this ease, which, by stipulation, have been submitted on the same record, and they will receive consideration in one opinion.

There is a sharp controversy as to some of the facts, but the following are undisputed and are probably sufficient for a general understanding of the case: On the fourteenth day of March, 1908, C. H. Tubbs and Rosario Delillo entered into a contract in writing, whereby Tubbs agreed to furnish all the labor and material (including tools, implements and appliances) necessary for the construction on a lot of land owned by Delillo in a workmanlike manner of a three-story frame dwelling-house, and to complete the construction of the same on or before the eleventh day of July following, and Delillo promised to pay therefor the sum of $5,000 in seven installments as follows: (1) When the foundation was in, $350; (2) When the frame was up and the roof on, $1,000; (3) When the plumbing was roughed in, $500; (4) When the brown coat of mortar was on, $500; (5) When the white coat of mortar was on, $1,000; (6) When the building was completed, $450; (7) Thirty-five days after completion, $1,200. Under said contract each installment was payable…

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