United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Dickason
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
This litigation arises out of the following state of facts: In January, 1900, C. E. Loss & Co. was awarded a contract to do certain work for the Ohio and Kentucky Railroad Corjipany. The railroad company required, the contractor to give a bond in the sum of $20,000, with security, for the performance of the contract, and Loss & Co. applied to plaintiff in error, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, to sign its bond to the railroad company. Plaintiff in error was unwilling to sign the bond unless Loss & Co. would indemnify it. Loss & Co. proposed L. T. Dickason as surety on an…
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