Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. United States Gypsum Co.

■Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

The Ashland Hotel & Realty Company, the owner of the Ventura Hotel .at Ashland, Ky., entered into a written contract under date of May 14, 1927, with the Ramsey & G-atlin Construction Company for the erection of an eleven story addition to the Ventura Hotel. Under date of December 19, 1927, the hotel company entered into another written contract with the construction company to repair and remodel the old hotel building. Each of the contracts required the construction company to execute bonds with surety, and the appellant became the surety on…