United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Cascade Construction Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered May 1, 1918, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon an indemnity bond, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellant gave respondent a contract of indemnity whereby appellant undertook to save harmless and keep respondent indemnified against all suits, actions, debts, damages, costs, charges and expenses, including court costs and counsel fees, and *479against all loss and damage whatever that might happen or accrue to respondent by reason of respondent becoming surety upon a certain contractor’s improvement bond, given by G-. G-. Hall and David F. Coulter, contractors for the construction of a certain highway, known as the “Mill Creek Road,” to the state of Washington. Hall and Coulter requested…
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