Potts v. Longest & Tessier Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified Questions from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Suit by J. 1ST. Potts and others, trustees, against the Longest & Tessier Company and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and others. Demurrers to original and amended declarations overruled, and questions certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of Huntington, West Virginia, desiring to construct a new church building, on the 27th of Hovember, 1916, through a building committee, entered into • a contract with' the defendant Longest & Tessier Company, a corporation, for the construction of such church edifice, for the sum of $92,573.09. The contract was signed by “Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,” as well as by the individual members of the building committee, and by the Longest & Tessier Company. By the terms of this contract the contractor agreed to give bond conditioned for the performance of…
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