Childers v. City of Monroe

B. E. Buffaloe & Co. entered into a contract with the city of Monroe, to build for it a water and light plant, and, to secure the faithful performance of the contract, gave bond, with the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Maryland, as surety; the contract being made and the bond written under Act 224 of 1918.

The contract involved the construction of a “clear water basin” and a “secondary settling basin,’’ the building of which necessitated considerable excavation. Buffaloe & Co., the principal contractor, sublet to J. H. Walker the work of excavating for these basins, the contract,…