PARSONS v. BRISTOL DEVELOPMENT CO.

Docket No. L.A. 27434.

62 Cal.2d 861 (1965)

402 P.2d 839

44 Cal. Rptr. 767

CEJAY PARSONS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BRISTOL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd H. Norris as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Felix H. McGinnis for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Launer, Chaffee & Hanna, Daniel L. Stack, Miller, Nisson, Kogler & Wenke and Clark Miller for Defendants and Respondents.

C. Douglas Wikle, Walter Atkinson, W. Alan Thody, Dell L. Falls, Cooper & Boller, Rowland, Paras & Clowdus and Gloyd T. Clowdus as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


TRAYNOR, C.J.

In December 1960 defendant Bristol Development Company entered into a written contract with plaintiff engaging him as an architect to design an office building for a lot in Santa Ana and to assist in supervising construction. Plaintiff's services were to be performed in two phases. He completed phase one, drafting preliminary plans and specifications, on January 20, 1961, and Bristol paid him $600.

The dispute concerns Bristol's obligation to...

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