Legal Opinion

National Surety Co. v. Board of Edu. of City of Hugo

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 23, 1917No. 7700PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from District Court, Choctaw County ; C. E. Dudley, Judge. Action by the. Board of Education of the City of Hugo, successor to the School District of the Town of Hugo. Indian Territory, against R. O. Langworthy and National Surety Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant National Surety Company brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

GAILBRAITH, C.

This action was commenced by the defendant in error against the contractor and the surety company to recover damages for breach of a building contract. It was charged that in October, 1905, the school authorities of the town of Hugo entered into a contract with R. O. Langworthy whereby he undertook and agreed to furnish the material and to erect a two-story brick school building and to place therein a heating plant of definite description and capable of producing a specified result, and that the contractor executed a bond, with the surety company as surety, in the sum…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wiebener v. PeoplesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  2. Cannon v. HuntSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. United States v. WalshCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
  4. Limerick v. LeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906
  5. Callahan Co. v. Chickasha Etc. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. City of Lawton v. Sherman MacHine & Iron WorksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  4. Mitchell v. CarlsonMontana Supreme Court · 1957
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