Baker & Co. v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Ajojoeals from, Story District Oourt. Actions at law upon a bond executed to secure tbe performalice by defendants of a contract to bnild a school-house. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiffs in each case, from which defendants appeal. The facts of the cases appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The facts involved in each of these cases being substantially the same, and the questions of law involved in each being identical, they were argued and submitted together, and will be considered and decided in the same manner.
The defendant, Bryan, entered into a contract with the independent district of Ames for the building of a schoolhouse. The defendant became bound by the contract to complete the building and deliver it to the school district on a certain day, “free from liens or claims of every hind.” The contract provides that fifteen per centum of the pu’ice agreed upon shall be…
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