Daddino

Daddino v. Builders Concrete, Inc.

Good Law
168 Cal. App. 2d 781·168 Cal. App. Supp. 2d 781·1959 Cal. App. LEXIS 2530·334 P.2d 1067
Appellate Division, Superior Court of CaliforniaJanuary 30, 1959Civ. A. No. 58California985 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Popovich, J.

The defendant and appellant appeals from a judgment of the municipal court, awarding plaintiffs and respondents $2,750 as liquidated damages for breach of contract.

Appellant operated a transit mix concrete plant in the city of Clovis on property adjacent to the poultry ranch and residence of respondents. On the basis that the operation of this plant constituted a nuisance, respondents had secured a judgment in the Superior Court of Fresno County, permanently enjoining appellant from continuing the operation of its plant, effective July 18, 1956, together with damages in the sum of $6,600. Subsequent to the entry of the judgment, the parties entered into the contract upon which this suit is brought extending the effective date of the injunction to *783 October 17, 1956, to enable appellant to continue its concrete business while it was establishing a new plant at a new location. The contract provided that, in consideration for the extension, appellant waived its appeal, agreed to keep the nuisance of its operation to a minimum, and in the event it operated past the extension date, it would pay to respondents the sum of $50 per day as liquidated damages for each of certain defined…

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