Van Doren Roofing & Cornice Co. v. Guardian Casualty & Guaranty Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mackintosh, J., entered November 15, 1916, upon findings in favor of certain lien claimants, in consolidated actions to determine conflicting claims to a fund in court and to foreclose a mechanics’ lien, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.
Defendant Manhattan Contracting Company, as contractor, erected a transit shed for the port of Seattle at a contract price of $34,760, of which sum twenty-*70five per cent was to be withheld until all claims for labor and material had been satisfied. To secure payment of such claims, two statutory bonds complying with the provisions of Rem. Code, § 1159 were given, one for $30,000, with the Guardian Casualty & Guaranty Company as surety, the other for $4,760, with Reeves Aylmore, Jr.? and A. V. Smith as sureties. The contract and bonds were executed on December 29, 1915. During the progress of…
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