General Bonding & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Waples Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Robt. G. Street, Judge. Suit by the Waples Lumber Company against the General Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, W. F. Breath and wife, and W. T. Butler, with cross-bill by defendants Breath and wife against the Insurance Company.
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Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Robt. G. Street, Judge. Suit by the Waples Lumber Company against the General Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, W. F. Breath and wife, and W. T. Butler, with cross-bill by defendants Breath and wife against the Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff against defendants Butler and Breath and wife, judgment for Breath and wife against Butler and the Insurance Company for the benefit of plaintiff, with judgment for the Insurance Company over against Butler, and the defendant Insurance Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
The statement of the nature and result of the suit made by appellant in its brief, and agreed by appellees to be correct, is adopted.
Plaintiff Waples Lumber Company filed this suit on the 5th day of September, 1913, and, by its amended petition against W. T. Butler, W. F. Breath and wife, Lucy P. Breath, and General Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, alleged, in substance, that the defendant Butler had contracted to build for defendants Breath and wife, and had furnished a bond for the faithful performance of his contract with the defendant General Bonding & Casualty Insurance Company, as…
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