Southern Surety Co. v. People's State Bank of South Carolina

This is an action at law, brought in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina at Charleston, upon a bond, commonly known as the road contractor’s bond, executed by appellant in November, 1927, guaranteeing the faithful performance of a certain paving contract. The bond was originally executed in favor of Zeigler Bros., contractors, but this firm later assigned the contract to Inglis Construction Company, and the Southern Surety Company indorsed the bond as written to cover the project as performed by the Inglis Company.

The appellee was plaintiff…