Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Nichols
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, A'skren, J., entered April 6, 1922, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to foreclose mortgages, tried to the court.
1Per curiam
— This action was brought by the respondent to foreclose as mortgages certain instruments in the form of deeds given by appellants, J. M. *404Nichols and his wife, to the respondent, the Fidelity & Casualty Company, as security for losses sustained hy the company in completing a public contract theretofore entered into by J. M. Nichols and on which he had made default.
In the attempted performance of a contract to construct a public bridge, Mr. Nichols met with financial difficulties, and the respondent, as surety on his bond, took over the work and completed it, sustaining a loss in excess of…
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