Board of Education v. Aetna Indemnity Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry Olson, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. In the Municipal Court the plaintiff recovered,,in an action of the fourth class, a judgment against the ¿Etna Indemnity Company for $18,900 debt and $721.25 damages and costs, and in another action of the same class, a judgment against the United Surety Company for $18,100 debt and $825 damages and costs. In both cases a jury was waived, and most of the facts stipulated.
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Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry Olson, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. In the Municipal Court the plaintiff recovered,,in an action of the fourth class, a judgment against the ¿Etna Indemnity Company for $18,900 debt and $721.25 damages and costs, and in another action of the same class, a judgment against the United Surety Company for $18,100 debt and $825 damages and costs. In both cases a jury was waived, and most of the facts stipulated. Each defendant sued out a writ of error and the cases have here been consolidated for hearing. Yiggo F. Olsen entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
There is no statute requiring the Board of Education to take a bond from a contractor for work on a school building, conditioned to secure payment for labor or material furnished to such contractor. But the contracts between Olsen and the Board provide that he shall make prompt payment to all persons supplying him with labor or materials in the prosecution of the. work called for by his contract. The condition of each of the bonds is that Olsen shall perform the contract, etc., and,1 2 shall promptly make payment to all persons…
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