Wright Contracting Co. v. Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.

WARLICK, District Judge.

This action is brought by plaintiff to recover of the defendant, Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, the sum of $12;707.81 which it alleges it is entitled to have for that it was compelled to pay that amount in exoneration of its bond, previously executed in connection with a contract it obtained for road work in North Carolina.

The action is laid in this court under the diversity statute. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

■' Plaintiff, Wright Contracting Com■pany, a corporation, is a citizen of the State of Georgia; 'the defendant, Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, is a…