Southern Surety Co. v. Plott

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United 'States for the Middle District of North Carolina in an action at law brought by the Southern Surety Company, an Iowa corporation, appellant and plaintiff below, against the appellees, who< were of the defendants below, and others. The parties will be referred to here as plaintiff and defendants.

The complaint alleged that one of the defendants, J. T. Plott, entered into a contract in his own name with the state highway commission of the state of North Carolina for the construction of a certain road…