Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Roehm
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Houghton; O’Brien (Patrick H.), J. , Assumpsit by the Title Guaranty & Surety Company against Paul P. Roehm on indemnity bonds. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. In September, 1912, one Thomas Drapeau was the successful bidder for the construction of a highway in Portage township, Houghton county, known as “the new Otter Lake road.” He entered into a contract with the township for its construction.
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Error to Houghton; O’Brien (Patrick H.), J. , Assumpsit by the Title Guaranty & Surety Company against Paul P. Roehm on indemnity bonds. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. In September, 1912, one Thomas Drapeau was the successful bidder for the construction of a highway in Portage township, Houghton county, known as “the new Otter Lake road.” He entered into a contract with the township for its construction. Mr. Drapeau was required to and did execute two bonds aggregating $22,000, one for $11,000 running to the township, and the other for a like amount running to the people of…
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the claim of the defendant that he is only bound by “the letter of the bond;” that as to the first undertaking he obligated himself with reference to only one bond, a bond running to the township of Portage and the people of the State of Michigan in the sum of .$22,000, and that no such bond was signed by plaintiff, but that two bonds each in the sum of $11,000, one running to the township and one to the people, were signed by plaintiff; that as to the second undertaking the language is indefinite, provided for only one bond, not two, that the description of…
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