Board of Trustees of Robstown Independent School Dist. v. American Indemnity Co.

Plaintiff in error, the board of trustees of Robstown independent school district, brought this action against C. D. Patterson, as principal, and defendant in error, American Indemnity Company, a corporation, as surety, to recover upon a bond executed by them to secure the faithful performance of a contract by Patterson to erect for the Robstown independent school district a school house at Robstown, Tex., which contract had been breached by Patterson.

The school district, through the board of trustees, transferred to Patterson bonds of the district which had been voted and issued as means of…