National Surety Co. v. Hall-Miller Decorating Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. G. G-. Lyell, Chancellor. Consolidated suit by the Hall-Miller Decorating Company and others against the National Surety Company and others. From a decree overruling its demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court of Hinds county overruling appellant’s demurrer to several bills of complaint filed by certain subcontractors against the Reusch Contracting Company and the National Surety Company, surety upon its bonds for the performance of its contract to construct the State Charity Hospital at Jackson. These bills made the board of trustees of the Mississippi State Charity Hospital parties thereto, and the state intervened in the litigation. All of these suits were consolidated, and all will be settled' by this appeal.
It will be noted that a demurrer…
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