Osceola v. Gjellefald Construction Co.

— The solution of the question involved in this ease calls for a construction of the “contractor’s bond”. By the terms of the bond, the specifications as well as the contract are by reference incorporated in the bond. In construing any instrument in writing the primary object is to arrive at what the parties to such instrument had in mind when it was prepared. 8 Amer. Jur., p. 722. In this case, the parties had- in mind the construction of a dam, made out of earth, across a creek bed between two hills for the purpose of creating a reservoir from which the city would obtain its water supply.…