CONTRACT TERMINATED

WE RECENTLY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL SHERIFF DEPT. TO REROOF THEIR BUILDING. AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT IT RAINED ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS AND THE DAYS IT DID NOT RAIN IT WAS TOO WET TO WORK. THE SHERIFF DEPT. ASKED ME WHEN COULD WE START?. I TOLD THEM WE WOULD START IN FOUR DAYS, IF THE WEATHER COOPERATED. THE NEXT DAY THEY SENT ME A LETTER OF TERMINATION!. I CALLED THE MAN AND ASKED HIM WHY? HE SAID THEY COULD NOT WAIT ANY LONGER TO HAVE THE ROOF INSTALLED. I EXPLAINED THE WEATHER SITUATION AND THE FACT THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD DO IT ANY FASTER. IN FACT, IN RAINED THE NEXT 2 OR 3 DAYS AND NO ONE BEGAN THE JOB IN THIS TIME.

THIS WRITTEN CONTRACT DID NOT STIPULATE ANY TIME PERIOD. THEY DID NOT TELL ME IT HAD TO BE DONE IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, PLUS I HAVE NO POWER OVER THE WEATHER.

WE ORDERED MATERIALS FOR THE JOB, TOOK OUT A BUILDING PERMIT, ETC... DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO GET OVERHEAD AND PROFIT FOR THIS? WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS.

RWG2161 said:

WE RECENTLY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL SHERIFF DEPT. TO REROOF THEIR BUILDING. AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT IT RAINED ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS AND THE DAYS IT DID NOT RAIN IT WAS TOO WET TO WORK. THE SHERIFF DEPT. ASKED ME WHEN COULD WE START?. I TOLD THEM WE WOULD START IN FOUR DAYS, IF THE WEATHER COOPERATED. THE NEXT DAY THEY SENT ME A LETTER OF TERMINATION!. I CALLED THE MAN AND ASKED HIM WHY? HE SAID THEY COULD NOT WAIT ANY LONGER TO HAVE THE ROOF INSTALLED. I EXPLAINED THE WEATHER SITUATION AND THE FACT THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD DO IT ANY FASTER. IN FACT, IN RAINED THE NEXT 2 OR 3 DAYS AND NO ONE BEGAN THE JOB IN THIS TIME.

THIS WRITTEN CONTRACT DID NOT STIPULATE ANY TIME PERIOD. THEY DID NOT TELL ME IT HAD TO BE DONE IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, PLUS I HAVE NO POWER OVER THE WEATHER.

WE ORDERED MATERIALS FOR THE JOB, TOOK OUT A BUILDING PERMIT, ETC... DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO GET OVERHEAD AND PROFIT FOR THIS? WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS.

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