WM. Cameron & Co. v. American Surety Co. of New York

RYAN, X

This suit was brought by Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc., in the district court of Tarrant county (Acme Brick Company and others intervened, claiming the same relief, though in different amounts), to recover upon the surety bond given in connection with a contract between T. B. Ellison, owner, and Southwell & Abbott, contractors, for the construction of a warehouse in the city of Fort Worth; the American Surety Company was surety thereon for the contractors.

After the building was completed, the contract price was paid in full by the owner; the balance due thereon, when the building was…