O'Shea v. North American Hotel Co.

This action was brought against the North American Hotel Company to recover damages for the breach of a contract to construct a hotel at Scottsbluff, and against the American Surety Company upon a bond executed by that company in favor of the plaintiff to secure the faithful performance of the contract. These parties will be hereinafter designated “the Hotel Company” and “the Surety Company.”

Plaintiff O’Shea, J. C. McNish, and H. H. Ostenberg were the owners of a number of lots and tracts of land in and about the city of Scottsbluff, among them three lots upon the corner of Main street, two…