Breach of Construction Contract and Recovery of Completion Costs

The case involved a dispute where a contractor failed to complete work on a building, leading the building owner to engage a third party to finish the job and subsequently sue the original contractor for the increased costs and damages, arguing breach of contract. The Court of Cassation upheld the lower court's decision, reasoning that the original contract explicitly required the contractor to complete the work under penalty of termination, and since the contractor abandoned the project, the owner was justified in hiring another entity to complete the specified work and was entitled to recover the difference in cost as damages stemming directly from the initial breach.