London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. v. State

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore on a judgment in favor of the appellee, the only exception being to the granting' of the appellee’s two prayers and to the rejection of the appellant’s five prayers. A contract was entered into by the State of Maryland, through the State Roads Commission, and the Patapsco Engineering and Contracting Company of Baltimore City, for the improvement by the latter of 1.31 miles of road in Montgomery County, near Washington, D. C. On the same day the contractor, as principal, gave its bond, with the appellant as surety, whereby it was…