United States Gypsum Co. v. Columbia Casualty Co.

On January 14, 1930, the plaintiff in error, United States Gypsum Company, filed this suit against Columbia Casualty Company, the defendant in error, as surety on a construction bond. The bond was the standard form approved by the American Institute of Architects and was executed to the Right Reverend Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augustine DioceSe, Roman Catholic Church, as obligee. The construction work to which the bond pertained was a school building for St. James Roman Catholic Parish at Orlando, Florida. Under the facts' alleged in plaintiff’s declaration, a cause of action against the…