Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. N. O. Nelson Mfg. Co.

Burkes entered into a contract with the Natchez Investment Company to construct a building for it, executing to it an indemnity bond with the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company as surety thereon. The' investment company received the building from Burkes after paying him all but about four thousand dollars of the amount for which he agreed to construct it, under an agreement that Bturkes would make good any defects which the architect might find in the building. After-wards, in October, 1927, the Natchez Investment Company sued Burkes and the indemnity company on this bond, making as party…