Hess & Skinner Engineering Co. v. Turney
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bastrop County; Ed R. Sinks, Judge. Suits by M. M. Turney and by tbe Lion Bonding & Surety .Company and others against Bastrop County and others were eón-solidated and tried together. From a judgment therein rendered, the Lion Bonding & Surety Company appeals. Hearing, after by Supreme Court to questions certified. 203 S. W. 593.
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact.
JENKINS, J.
1. On April 29, 1914, Hess & Skinner Engineering Company, hereinafter referred to as the contractors, entered into a contract with Bastrop county for the construction of a bridge across the Colorado river for the sum of $45,000, to be paid as the work progressed, 15 per cent, of which was to be retained by the county until the completion of the bridge. The. bridge was completed according to contract, and the county paid therefor, except the sum of $6,-854.23, which amount it tendered into court for the benefit of those who might be entitled to the same.
2. At the…
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