Legal Opinion
Karr v. Peter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 31, 1895PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Debt, on an indemnifying bond. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Massac County; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Scofield
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Aappellnt was sued as the surety upon a bond, the condition of which is as follows:
“ The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the said W. A. McElyea did, on the 24th day of May, A. D. 1890, enter into a written contract with the said Angeline Peter and Maria Baccus to build for them a house of the description stated and shown in the said written contract and specifications thereto attached, and to alter and annex a certain old building in the erection of the said house, for the sum of four hundred and…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Sherman v. Western Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1942
- Western Construction Co. v. AustinWashington Supreme Court · 1940