Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Claiborne Parish School Board

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Maryland corporation, alleges that on March 26, 1923, it became the surety of one Ben F. Casey, for the faithful performance of a contract with the school board of Claiborne parish, La., for the erection o°f a school building for the stipulated price of $130,000, that the said contractor failed to pay certain furnishers of materials for the completion of the work, and that plaintiff, as surety, was sued and compelled to pay judgments in the aggregate of $10,202.54, and that it is additionally liable upon other amounts which have not been paid. In this…