Ashford v. Iowa & Minnesota Lumber Co.

Root, C.

July 19, 1904, defendant Wiseman agreed in writing to furnish the materials and construct a dwelling house in Homer for plaintiff. Wiseman made an estimate of the lumber necessary for said building, and purchased it from defendant Iowa & Minnesota Lumber Company, an Iowa corporation doing business in Sioux City, some 15 miles distant from Homer. The general manager of said corporation, acting for it, signed as surety a bond wherein Wiseman agreed to pay for all material used in, and the laborers employed on, said building. The venture was a disastrous one for Wiseman, and the…