Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 19

LaChase Construction Company contracted to build a house for Archie. When 25 percent of the house was completed, Archie fired LaChase for not following the building plans and because there were several defects in the construction to date. Archie hired another contractor to complete the construction of the house and to correct the defects. LaChase sued Archie for breach of contract, claiming that it had substantially performed the contract at that point in time when it was discharged. Was LaChase correct?