Union Sheet Metal Works v. Dodge

Appeal from judgment on the judgment-roll and a bill of exception. The facts are substantially as follows: On the 25th of August, 1897, one Lutge entered into a written agreement with the “Long Beach city school district” in Los Angeles county to furnish material and build a public schoolhouse in the town of Long Beach upon the premises described in said agreement for the sum of eleven thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars. It was provided in said agreement that Lutge should, at the time of the execution thereof, also execute and deliver to said district an undertaking in the sum of ten…