Clinton Bridge Works v. Kingsley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Gowrt. — R. M. Wright, Judge. The defendant Kingsley contracted with tbe defendant county to build specified bridges for it. Tbe appellant Bridge Works furnished Kingsley labor and material used in that work, and Kingsley failed to pay therefor. The defendant Accident Company executed a bond, running nominally to the defendant county.
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Appeal from Story District Gowrt. — R. M. Wright, Judge. The defendant Kingsley contracted with tbe defendant county to build specified bridges for it. Tbe appellant Bridge Works furnished Kingsley labor and material used in that work, and Kingsley failed to pay therefor. The defendant Accident Company executed a bond, running nominally to the defendant county. The defendant Indemnity Company is, if liable at all, liable because'it is the successor of the company that gave said bond. The appellant seeks to make the Accident Company liable on said bond, because the same undertook to make good…
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
1- error? notice sufficiency\ I. In an amendment to abstract, the appellant sets forth the notice of appeal. Several objections are made thereto by the appellees, and they insist that the appeal must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. One specification is that the notice fails to identify the case wherein it is given, and to identify the judgment. We find no merit in the contention. The abstract sets forth that the suit dealt with is one in the district court of Iowa, in and for Story,County; it sets forth the full title of the cause, both as to plaintiffs and defendants, and recites that…
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