Morton v. Harvey

The firm of James Richards & Co. entered into a contract with Washington county to erect for it a courthouse, to furnish all material and perform all the labor, and in the course of the transaction gave a bond for the .due and faithful compliance with the obligations of the contract, of which instrument the plaintiff in error was signer as surety. The defendant in error, Charles A. Harvey, as subcontractor, ■ furnished some material for use in and about the building, and did some labor thereon, for all of which the agreed price was |1,650, of which sum he had been paid a part, and for the…