McCoy v. Dolph Const. Co.

LESTER, Chief Justice.

Appellees Dolph Construction Company et al. will b$ referred to as plaintiffs and W. P. McCoy as defendant.

Plaintiffs sued the defendant and Commercial Insurance ’Company as his surety for the sum of $571.71. The defendant, as sub-contractor; entered into a contract with plaintiffs, general contractor for this particular work, whereby the defendant agreed, in consideration of $7600, to do certain excavation and construct certain embankments in connection with the building of a water treatment plant for the Uuited States government at Camp Maxey, Texas.

Plaintiffs say that…