C. H. Little Co. v. L. P. Hazen Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Codd, J. Bill by C. H. Little Co. against L. P. Hazen Co., John F. Dodge, Horace E. Dodge and others to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. Defendants Dodge filed a cross-bill making the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company a party and asking for affirmative relief against such surety. From a decree on demurrer to the cross-bill sustaining the demurrer to the relief asked, defendants and cross-complainants Dodge appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining the demurrer filed by the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company to the cross-bill of John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge.
On March 15, 1910, John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge, copartners as Dodge Bros., entered into a contract with the L. P. Hazen Company, by the terms of *318which the L. P. Hazen Company was to construct a building for them for upwards of $80,000. To secure the performance of this contract a bond was given in the sum of $42,000, executed by the L. P. Hazen Company, as principal, and the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, as…
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