Hurley-Mason Co. v. American Bonding Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered February 19, 1914, in favor of the plaintiif, in an action upon an indemnity bond, upon overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This in an action upon a bond, executed by the Washington Engineering Company, as principal, and the American Bonding Company, as surety, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1159 (P. C. 309 § 93), relating to contractors’ bonds to secure debts incurred by them in the performance of public work. The defendant bonding company demurred to the complaint, which demurrer was, by the trial court, overruled. Thereupon, the bonding company elected not to plead further, but to stand upon its demurrer, when judgment was rendered against it by the trial court, as prayed for in the complaint. From this disposition…
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