First Presbyterian Church of Davenport v. Swanson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of Debt.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of ICnox County; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
O. C. Housel contracted with the First Presbyterian Church of Davenport, Iowa, a religious corporation, to erect a church edifice at that place. A bond for the due performance of the contract was signed by Housel as principal and Swanson, Hjerpe, Horton and Jack"a,s sureties. The contract for the erection of the church was written on the opposite side of the same paper as the bond, and was signed by the trustees of the church but was not signed by Housel. The bond was properly signed by Housel and refers to the contract. Housel defaulted in…
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