City of Granville v. Kovash, Incorporated

(on reassignment).

This is an action brought by the City of Granville against Kovash, Incorporated, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company to recover damages claimed to have been suffered by the City through the failure of Kovash, Incorporated, for whom the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company was surety, to construct and install a water and sewerage system in accordance with a contract entered into with the City of Granville.

The contract provided for the installation of forty-nine gate valves and boxes and twenty-two hydrants as part of such system. The gate valves were distributed at…