Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Breckenridge

This is an' appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to a bill to reform a surety bond and for damages resulting from a breach of a building contract for the performance of which the appellant became surety by its bond.

The suit was begun by the appelleees Breckenridge, James, Jr., and Watts against T. C. Richardson, the contractor, and the appellant Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. The substance of the bill is that the complainants and Richardson entered into a contract on the 6th of February, 1926, in which Richardson agreed to build a house for the complainants. The contract is made a…