Sturtevant Co. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered June 30, 1915, granting a new trial, after a verdict rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, The B. F. Sturtevant Company, seeks recovery upon a bond executed by the defendant, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, as surety, to secure payment of claims of materialmen furnishing material for the construction of the heating plant for a school building belonging to consolidated school district No. 305, of Snohomish county. Trial was had in the superior court sitting with a jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant. A motion for new trial was made by counsel for the plaintiff upon the grounds, among others:
“First, Insufficiency of the evidence to justify…
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