Daddino
Daddino v. Builders Concrete, Inc.
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…