Springfield Cooperative Freeze Locker Plant, Inc. v. Wiggins

This is a Bill in Equity brought by the Springfield Cooperative Freeze Locker Plant, Inc., for the claimed failure of Karl F. Jackson to perform his contract to build the Freeze Locker Plant. Defendant Peerless Casualty Co. was the surety on Jackson’s bond and agreed to indemnify the Locker Co. “against any and all loss or damage directly arising by reason of the failure of the principal to faithfully perform said contract”. Defendants Hemenway and Wiggins filed mechanics’ liens against the property for materials and labor furnished Jackson in the construction and later each brought suit…