Kildall Fish Co. v. Giguere
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $8,976.17 upon a building contractor’s bond. The case was tried before Fish, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, American Surety Company appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
July 24, 1914, plaintiff and defendants P. C. Giguere & Son entered into a written contract, by the terms of which defendants were to erect a warehouse for plaintiff on land owned by it in consideration of the sum of $58,500. To secure the faithful performance of this contract defendants Giguere & Son, as principal, and defendant American Surety Company, as surety, on August 4, 1914, executed and delivered to plaintiff a bond in the penal sum of $29,250. This action is on this bond, the breach alleged being the failure of the contractors to pay certain claims for material and labor, with the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lakeside Land Co. v. Empire State Surety Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. RiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Fitger Brewing Co. v. American Bonding Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Fitger Brewing Co. v. American Bonding Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Church of Immaculate Conception v. CurtisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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