School District No. 1 Ex Rel. Lynch Co. v. Rushlight & Co.

(Pro tempore)

The Lynch Co., the appellant, brought an action for work performed for a subcontractor on the John Marshall High School, Portland. The litigation was brought in the name of School District No. 1, for whom the school was constructed, on the relation of Lynch Co. The defendants were Ross B. Hammond Co., the general contractor, General Insurance Company of America, their surety, and A. G. Rushlight & Co., the mechanical subcontractor for whom Lynch Co. did the sheet metal work.

The court directed a verdict in favor of Lynch and against Rushlight for the full amount, approximately…