General Electric Co. v. American Bonding Co. of Baltimore
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J. Crider, Jr., A. L. Abrahams and Chas. W. Fricke for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
—Action on a bond given by a contractor to secure payment of claims for labor and material to be furnished in the construction of a building. Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, a corporation that supplied certain materials for use in the building.
The bond in question had at its beginning the following words: “This bond is required by section 1183 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended in 1911, and must be equal to fifty per cent of the contract price; bond to laborers, materialmen, etc.” By the terms set forth in the body of the instrument it is “expressly…
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