American Fidelity Co. v. Leahy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Michael J. Leahy, from an order and determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of November, 1918, modifying a. judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, First District, in plaintiff’s favor and affirming said judgment as modified.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 24th day of January, 1916, defendant as principal and the plaintiff and two other insurance companies as sureties, executed a bond in writing to the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in the sum of $100,000 for the performance of a contract made by defendant for the construction of the Webster Avenue Line, section No. 9-B, of the subway, and it was provided therein that the plaintiff should be bound only to the extent of $25,000. Defendant agreed in writing with the plaintiff, among other things, that in consideration therefor he would pay the plaintiff annual premiums at…
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