Watts v. Western Cas. & Surety Co.

Holmes, O.

This suit involves the question of the right to recover of the surety on a contractor’s bond rent and freight on a dragline and light plant used by the contractor in dredging and improving a ditch and canal in the Elam Creek Drainage District in Alcorn County.

The suit was brought by the appellant against B. F. Green and The Western Casualty and Surety Company, the latter being the appellee here. The original declaration alleged that B. F. Green entered into a contract with D: Mercier, Clayton Briggs, and J. PI. Brooks, as a committee representing* the property owners in the Elam…