Legal Opinion
Southern Surety Co. v. United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1926No. 7153PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity to procure reformation of a surety bond and to recover upon the bond as reformed.
The facts are these :
On June 27,1923, one F. M. Beeson, trading under tho name of Beeson Machinery Company, entered into a contract with the city of King City, Mo., whereby he agreed to furnish all material, labor, and tools for the construction of a waterworks system in such city in accordance with certain plans and specifications. The material portions of the contract, which was in the form of an accepted proposal, read as follows:
“We, the undersigned,…
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