Sheldon v. Chicago Bonding & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — G, D. Thompson, Judge. Action by plaintiffs against defendant Chicago Bonding & Surety Company and against 61 claimants and mechanics’ lien-holders who had, or claimed to have, liens against the property, for the purpose of holding the Bonding Company liable for loss which plaintiffs sustained because of the alleged violation of two building contracts with the contractor, W. D. Lewis & Company, and to have the two building contracts and…
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Appeal from Story District Court. — G, D. Thompson, Judge. Action by plaintiffs against defendant Chicago Bonding & Surety Company and against 61 claimants and mechanics’ lien-holders who had, or claimed to have, liens against the property, for the purpose of holding the Bonding Company liable for loss which plaintiffs sustained because of the alleged violation of two building contracts with the contractor, W. D. Lewis & Company, and to have the two building contracts and surety bonds treated and enforced as one contract and one bond a,s to the Surety Company. An accounting with all…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
i mechanics’ liens: separate contracts of separate owners as 1¡en. — 1. The record, with nine abstracts and additional abstracts and twelve arguments, including supplemental arguments and responses thereto, makes a voluminous record, an(^ somewhat complicated. The statement of the jssues and 0f the facts alone, as stated and re-3 stated by counsel in the different briefs, comprises 150 pages. Of course, it would not be practicable, within the proper limits of an opinion, to go into and state the evidence, or even the details of all the different *948propositions argued. The principal appeal has…
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