City of Flint v. Chicago Bonding & Surety Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error-to Genesee; Stevens, J. Assumpsit by the city of Flint against Richard Heystek and Cornelius Vander Vliet, copartners as Heystek & Vander Vliet, as principals, and the Chicago Bonding & Surety Company, as surety, on a statutory bond. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant surety company'brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Action on the bond of the defendants. It appears that on May 19, 1914, a contract was made by the plaintiff with the defendants Richard Heystek and Cornelius Vander Vliet, copartners, under the firm name of Heystek & Vander Vliet, for the paving by the latter of South Saginaw street between Fifteenth street and Peer avenue in the city of Flint.
On March 26, 1914, the defendants executed a bond to the city in the penal sum of $9,565.49, containing the following condition:
“The condition of this obligation is such that whereas said Richard Heystek and Cornelius Vander Vliet are about to enter…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dundas v. City of LansingMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Hall v. City of FlintMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by2 opinions
- Thornton v. City of FlintMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Prange v. City of FlintMichigan Supreme Court · 1922