Hortman-Salmen Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.

OVERTON, .1.

The Hortman-Salmen Co., Inc., is a body corporate, domiciled in the city of New Orleans, and engaged in the sale of building material. The Continental Casualty Company is a corporation, engaged in the surety business, and Ruffian E. Walker, who is not a party to these proceedings, is a building contractor, doing business in New Orleans.

Between the latter part of April, 1928, and the latter part of September of the same year, Walker secured five building contracts, and the Continental Casualty Company, the defendant herein, signed Walker’s bond on each contract. Walker completed…