United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Mobley

The appellee, H. M. Mobley, brought this suit in the chancery court of Perry county ag’ainst W. DL Mobley, J. R. S. Edwards, and the appellant, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, surety on the bond of Mobley and Edwards, who had contracted for the construction of a road in Jefferson county, Miss. The claim of appellee, Mobley, was for labor and material furnished by him in the construction of the road, and for which the contractors and their surety were due him one thousand nine hundred seventeen dollars and sixty-five cents. Upon a hearing before the chancellor on the merits, a…