State Ex Rel. Stater Motor Co. v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance

This is an action on a contractor’s bond upon which the defendant company is surety. In 1931, O. D. Wolfe entered into a contract with the state, through the state highway commission, to grade 6.41 miles of the west unit of the Umatilla-Sand Station section of the Columbia River highway. The plaintiff and its assignee furnished certain repair parts and labor for the trucks used on the job, aggregating $596. Upon default in payment, action was commenced. The cause was submitted to the court without a jury and judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff. Defendant surety company appeals.

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