Block v. D. W. Nicholson Corp.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff against The John J. Moore Co., hereinafter referred to as the Moore Company, and D. W. Nicholson Corporation, hereafter referred to as the Nicholson Corporation, jointly and severally, in the sum of $2,500, with interest from August 4, 1943, and costs; and from the order of said court denying defendants’ motion for a new trial.

Moore Company and Nicholson Corporation, as joint adventurers, were successful bidders for the construction of the Port of Oakland cantonment, a War Department project. They furnished the necessary “bid bond” but…