Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. v. Curtis Electrical Co.

The parties will be identified as in the trial court. See 259 S.W. 2d 918 for opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals.

Plaintiff furnished electrical equipment used by the Curtis Electrical Company (a corporation) as electrical subcontractor in the construction of dormitories upon the campus of the Agri*120cultural & Mechanical College of Texas. Although the Curtis Company defaulted in their payment, the plaintiff did not comply with Art. 5160, V.A.C.S. This suit is against Curtis’ bonding company upon the theory that the bond was not a statutory bond and against Charles E. Curtis individually on a…