Lasater v. Purcell Mill and Elevator Co.

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

—This suit was instituted on the 11th day of August, 1898, by the Purcell Mill and Elevator Company, a corporation-chartered under the laws of the State of Kentucky, and having its principal place of business in Purcell, I. T. The defendants were Geol B. Adams and J. M. Chandler, who were sued as principals, and J. D. Lasater, R. M. Chapman, W. H. Bush, and F. M. Newton, who were sued as sureties on a bond to secure the performance of the contract of Adams & Chandler to the plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged that on the 29th of March, 1897, it was engaged in operating a…