Horse Shoe Lake Drainage District v. Fred M. Crane Co.

Plaintiff is a drainage district corporation doing business in Cherry county. Defendant Fred M. Crane Company is a Nebraska corporation, and defendant surety bonding company is a Vermont corporation with authority to do business in Nebraska. August 18, 1916, plaintiff, being desirous of having a drainage ditch constructed in the plaintiff district, about 20 miles or more in length, entered into a written contract with the defendant Crane Company, wherein defendant agreed to excavate and construct for plaintiff a drainage ditch, and to furnish the material and labor therefor, and “to make a…