Southern Surety Co. v. Masonic Temple Co.

The Masonic Temple Company brought suit in the court of common pleas against E. E. Bope as principal and the Southern Surety Company as surety upon a bond for the performance of a building contract entered into by Bope with The Masonic Temple Company for the construction of a mercantile and lodge building in Washington Court Blouse.

Bope defaulted, the Surety Company declined to complete the work and the Temple Company *479thereupon completed the building. The action is for the loss, including damages for delay.

The Temple Company recovered a verdict and judgment for $9,078.14. The judgment is…