Interstate Construction Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Shepherd, J., presiding. Assumpsit by the Interstate Construction Company, Limited, against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and others on a bond. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error. Plaintiff as general contractor had entered into a contract with the United States for the erection of a post office building at Franklin, La.
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Error to Wayne; Shepherd, J., presiding. Assumpsit by the Interstate Construction Company, Limited, against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and others on a bond. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error. Plaintiff as general contractor had entered into a contract with the United States for the erection of a post office building at Franklin, La. On April 22, 1913, plaintiff entered into a sub-contract with defendants Montagne, by .the terms of which said defendants agreed to furnish: “All of the labor and do and perform all the work required in constructing and putting in…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel for appellant review the case in this court under a large number of assignments of error, grouped as follows:(1) Erroneous admission and exclusion of testimony and evidence.
_ (2) Erroneous instructions to the jury and refusals to charge as requested.(3) Refusal to direct verdict for the plaintiff.(4) Was the plaintiff prejudiced by certain remarks. of counsel?
*274These will be considered in their order.
1. Under this head there are many assignments of error, but in oral argument only two were discussed. Those only will be considered as we are satisfied that the…
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