Union Indemnity Co. v. Blumenfeld Ice & Coal Co.

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit upon a bond in the penalty of $10,-000 executed by J. Walter Jones as principal and by appellant as surety, guaranteeing the performance of a contract between Jones and appellee by which Jones was obligated to furnish the materials for, and to erect, a cold storage building on the land of appellee. The contract price was $20,500.

*898At the close of the evidence both parties moved for a directed verdict. Appellant’s motion was denied; that of appellee sustained, and judgment entered for the full penalty of the bond.

The controversy is within very narrow limits. The…