Lake Michigan Water Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From St. Joseph Superior Court; Walter A. Funk, Judge. Action by the Lake Michigan Water Company against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals..
1Opinion of the CourtRemy, J.
On June 9, 1908, the Lake Michigan Water Company, appellant herein, desiring to improve its water supply system at Michigan City, Indiana, entered into a contract with the M. H. McGovern Company, hereinafter called the contractor, to make such improvement. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, appellee, became surety on said contractor’s bond for the faithful performance of the contract. This action is by appellant on said bond. The contractor and said guaranty company were each made defendants, but process was never served upon the former. The complaint was in two paragraphs, to…
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