Town of Gastonia v. McEntee-Peterson Engineering Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActiON by the Town of Gastonia and others against the McE'ntee-Petexson Engineering Company and the American Surety Company, heard by Judge H. B. Starbuclc and a jury, at February Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Gaston County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the American Surety Company appealed. The statement of case in the appeal of the Post-Glover Electric Company and Illinois Insulated Wire Company, in this case, ante, is a sufficient statement in this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The defendant engineering company entered into a contract with the town of Gastonia, to construct a water works and sewerage system and an electric lighting system in and for said town of Gastonia, and with its co-defendant, the American Surety Company, of New York, entered into a bond to pay claims for materials used and work and labor done in the construction of said systems,and there is a balance due on said contract by the town of Gastonia, which is claimed by the said engineering company, and also by persons who furnished material and performed work and labor in the construction of the…
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