County of Lake v. Southern Surety Co.

This is an action in debt brought for the use of F. H. Dickson, upon the bond of a road contractor who contracted to build a section of road in Lake county, Illinois. The claim of Dickson, hereafter called the plaintiff, is for $1,825.04 due him from the contractor for groceries and meats furnished to the latter. In a trial by the court there was a finding that the defendant, Southern Surety Company, a corporation, owes the plaintiff, in debt, $112,438.44, and the plaintiff’s damages were assessed at $1,825.04. The defendant has appealed. By stipulation the court in the same hearing also…