Thompson v. Coffman

This is an action to recover damages for a breach of a-building contract, signed by J. J. Goble, as principal, and D. Coffman and Thomas Nye, as sureties. It appears from the complaint that on the fourteenth day of June, 1886, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with J. J. Goble, who agreed to furnish all of the materials except brick, and perform all the work and labor in the erection of a certain building in Pendleton, Oregon, for which the plaintiffs were to pay $6,460, to be paid in various amounts as the work progressed. To secure the faithful performance of said contract on the part…