Wells v. Kavanagh
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. ActioN upon a bond obligating defendants to pay certain ¿indebtedness for labor and supplies incurred by the principal in tlie bond in performing certain work for the construction of a railroad. There was a verdict for plaintiff, under direction of the court, upon which a judgment was rendered. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. Marcus Kavanagh, Jr., entered into a contract with the St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern Railway i. contract: fiiMparties he secured, Company to construct a portion of its road. He executed a bond, with the other defendants as sureties, binding him to the performance of a written contract, under which the work was to be done. This contract obligated Kavanagh to pay all just claims against him, or against any sub-contractor, for materials, services and labor used by him in the construction of the part of the road built by him. This court has held that an action may be maintained upon a bond…
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