Marshall-Wells Hardware Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Humphries, J., entered February 27, 1915, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The trial court sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint. The plaintiff elected to stand upon the allegations thereof and the action was dismissed. This appeal followed.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that, in July, 1910, W. F. Guernsey & Company entered into a contract with the state highway commission for the construction of a state aid road in King county; that, in accordance with the provisions of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1159 (P. C. 309, § 93), W. F. Guernsey & Company executed and filed a bond on which the defendant in this action is surety; that thereafter, between August 8…
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