Horton v. Crowley Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action against Crowley Electric Company, The Empire State Sure-, ty Company of New York, and the Village of Bagley in the district court for Polk county to recover $1,850 for materials and labor furnished by plaintiff as subcontractor to defendant Crowley Electric Company in constructing a system of waterworks for defendant village of Bagley. Defendant The Empire State Surety Company of New York was surety on the statutory bond furnished by the Crowley Electric Company.
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Action against Crowley Electric Company, The Empire State Sure-, ty Company of New York, and the Village of Bagley in the district court for Polk county to recover $1,850 for materials and labor furnished by plaintiff as subcontractor to defendant Crowley Electric Company in constructing a system of waterworks for defendant village of Bagley. Defendant The Empire State Surety Company of New York was surety on the statutory bond furnished by the Crowley Electric Company. The case was tried before Watts, J., who found in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying the motion…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The short facts of this case are these: The defendant Crowley Electric Company, in May, 1905, entered into a contract with the village of Bagley for the construction of a system of waterworks for the village. The contract price was $5,868, and the electric company, as principal, and the defendant surety company, as surety, executed a bond in that sum to the village as required by statute then in force. The plaintiff furnished the materials and labor and erected the steel frame of a tower, which was a part of such system, for which the electric company promised to pay him the sum of $1,850,…
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