Motor Supply Co. v. Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.

Motor Supply Company brought suit against F. M. Jones and Leo T. Barber and St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, in which it sought to recover for certain materials alleged to have been furnished Jones and Barber and used by them in the construction of two highway projects pursuant to a contract between these defendants and the State Highway Department. The petition as amended alleged, that Jones and Barber, in compliance with the Code, § 23-1705, executed a bond with St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company as surety, in favor of the State Highway Board of Georgia, for the use of the obligee and…