Heltzel Steel Form & Iron Co. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland

This is a suit to recover the purchase price of material furnished by appellant to Machen & Thompson, road contractors, in the construction of roads in Improvement District No. 10 of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The construction contract was let by the improvement district to the Standard Paving Company, which sublet certain portions of the roads to Machen & Thompson. The Fidelity & Deposit* Company of Maryland, appellee herein, executed bonds, pursuant to the statute under which the improvement district was organized, requiring the contractor to give bond. Machen & Thompson ivere adjudged…