Puget Sound MacHinery Depot v. Clapp

This appeal is from an order of the - superior court of King county granting a new trial.

In April, 1932, the appellant corporation, Puget Sound Machinery Depot, instituted suit in the superior court of King county against J. M. Clapp and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company to recover a balance alleged to be due appellant as a subcontractor in the installation of a pipe line for the city of Seattle. Clapp was the principal contractor on the project. The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company executed a bond to the city insuring the performance of the contract by Clapp.

Clapp…