Byers MacHine Co. v. Iowa State Highway Commission

On November 27, 1928, the defendant-appellee Harrison Engineering & Construction Company entered into a contract with the defendant-appellee Iowa State Highway Commission for the construction of a road project in Harrison County. After the execution of that contract, the appellee Engineering & Construction Company furnished the appellee Iowa State Highway Commission a bond, as required by Chapter 452 of the 1927 Code. That bond was signed by the defendant-appellee, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, as surety.

Some time after the execution of the aforesaid contract and bond, the…