Till v. Material Service Corp.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover $1,452 claimed to be due because of defendant’s failure to return a special assessment bond of the face value of $1,000, with interest at six per cent per annum, which had been deposited with defendant as collateral security for a loan, and for defendant’s failure to carry out its written agreement to replace the bond or pay the face value thereof. There was a trial before the court without a jury, a finding and judgment in defendant’s favor, and plaintiff appeals.

The record discloses that plaintiff was a contractor engaged in the business…