United Surety Co. v. Summers
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.). Certain clauses of tbe contract referred to in tbe opinion of tbe Court were as follows: 8. That all of said work shall he completed and finished to the absolute satisfaction of said owner in seventy working-days ; and 'that the day of the commencement of said work shall he designated by the owner, and the said owner shall have the privilege at any time of temporarily discontinuing said work; the period of said…
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Appeal from tbe Superior Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.). Certain clauses of tbe contract referred to in tbe opinion of tbe Court were as follows: 8. That all of said work shall he completed and finished to the absolute satisfaction of said owner in seventy working-days ; and 'that the day of the commencement of said work shall he designated by the owner, and the said owner shall have the privilege at any time of temporarily discontinuing said work; the period of said discontinuance is not to he counted however, in said seventy days, it being understood that no time shall he counted…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This is an action upon a bond executed by the United Surety Company, the defendant below, to Clinton Summers, the plaintiff below, given to secure the faithful performance by Engelbert C. Lawrence of a certain agreement in writing between him and said Summers, under seal, for the furnishing and erection of all the re-inforced concrete work in and about a certain building then in course of erection for said Summers upon the northeast corner of Eutaw street and Cider alley in the City of Baltimore, “said building to have a frontage of forty-nine feet and ten inches on Eutaw street and one…
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