Allerton v. King

SHIELDS, J., pro tem.

This is an action on a bond of indemnity given under the following circumstances: The defendant, John F. King, was employed as a fireman and laborer in the operation of a steam shovel, owned and operated by the brothers H. D. Allerton and D. F. Allerton. The Allertons failed to pay King for his labor, and on or about July 8, 1925, King began an action against them in the justice’s court in the county of Los Angeles for the sum of $296. In this action he procured a writ of attachment which was duly levied upon the steam shovel owned by the defendants therein. The writ was…