O'Connell v. Stoddard

Stoddard sued O’Connell, as principal, and the 'American Surety Company of New York, as surety, on a building contract, and specifically alleged many breaches of it. The petition, in only one count, contains specifications of breaches of the building contract, and the whole scheme of the suit is to recover damages from O’Connell and the surety company for these various breaches on the part of O’Connell, in connection with the construction of the building described in the contract. The petition alleges repeated fraudulent acts on the part of O’Connell in obtaining money from the plaintiff by…