Rimmer v. Bay Lumber Co.

This suit was brought by the appellee, Bay Lumber Company, against R. D. Sterling, building contractor, and the school trustees of Sweeny independent school district (including the legal representatives of one of said trustees) for a balance of $738.45 due by said Sterling in ap-pellee, Bay Lumber Company, for material going into the construction of a school building for said district. The Bay Lumber Company seeks to hold the said school trustees liable for said debt upon the ground that in entering into contract with Sterling they neglected to take or require of said contractor a bond…