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Overreaching

Disputes between an owner and a general sometimes degenerate into a situation in which the general abandons the job. The general then registers a lien and claims for the money that it says the owner owes it. At the same time, the owner gets another general to finish the job. The real loser in this scenario can usually be determined by answering the following question: did the owner breach the contract such that the general had a right to terminate it?

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