Legal Opinion
Argonaut Insurance Company v. Town of Cloverdale, Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1983No. 82-1268PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this 'diversity case requires us to decide a question of suretyship under the common law of Indiana. The essential facts are undisputed. The Town of Clover-dale, Indiana hired a contractor, HESCO, to build sewers. HESCO gave the town a performance bond in the amount of $238,-000. The surety on the bond was Argonaut Insurance Company. Under its contract with HESCO, the town “agree[d] to pay the Contractor the sums herein specified in monthly installments as the work progresses upon estimates signed by the Engineer [an engineering firm the town had hired to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smith v. P. & B. CORP.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Central Towers Apartments, Inc. v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Weik v. PughIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Indiana Telco Federal Credit Union v. YoungIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
- Ruckman & Hansen, Inc. v. Contracting & Material Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Keene Corp. v. International Fidelity InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- Heiar v. Crawford CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Aetna Casualty And Surety Co. v. Aniero Concrete Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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- Moffett v. Gene B. Glick Co., Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1985
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