Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.

BEN C. DAWKINS, Sr., District Judge.

Filed originally in the State Court of Mississippi, this case was removed here on the ground of diversity.

One H. C. Vaughan on December 30, 1947, signed a contract with United States to construct a portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Leake County, Mississippi, for the sum of $305,760 and plaintiff became the surety on his performance bond for the penal sum of $152,880. Thereafter, March 1, 1948, Vaughan sub-let a portion of the work to Norman Concrete Works (called Norman) for $94,583, and the latter also gave Vaughan a performance bond for the full…