Williams v. Baldwin
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by A. P. Baldwin and others against R. E. Williams and others. Judgment rendered was affirmed by Court of Civil Appeals (202 S. W. 975), and R. P. Williams and others bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpe'Ncer, J.
In consideration of the sum of $10,250, the Davis Construction Company, a copartnership, composed of F.. B. Davis and J. D.. McCullum, contracted in writing to erect for A. P. Baldwin, defendant in error, an apartment house in the city of Tyler, Tex. To secure its proper construction, a bond was executed with plaintiffs in error Williams, Patterson, and Underwood as j sureties thereon, by the terms of which they obligated themselves to make good any default of the construction company.
On January 22, 1916, the construction company refused to proceed with the erection of the building, which…
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