Clarke v. Murphy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spo- ■ kane county, Blake, J., entered April 4, 1916, in favor of the defendants, dismissing on the pleadings an action on an indemnity bond, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Respondent Murphy had a contract with the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, for certain construction work. The railway company took from him a bond for $50,000, with the respondent Pacific Coast Casualty Company as surety, conditioned that the' contractor would faithfully perform the contract and pay all claims of laborers, mechanics, materialmen, and persons who supplied such contractor with provisions. The bond was duly filed in the office of the auditor of Spokane county, where the work was being performed, on April 16, 1912. Several concerns sold to the respondent Murphy…
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