Legal Opinion
Bevard v. New Amsterdam Casualty Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1957No. 1946, 1947PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
These appeals present the question whether appellants, who supplied labor and material to a contractor engaged in constructing a large warehouse and who were not fully paid therefor by the contractor, have a right to sue the surety on a bond given by the contractor to the owners of the warehouse. The contract price for the warehouse was $129,000 and the bond was in the same amount. The condition of the bond was:
“That if the Principal (the contractor) shall indemnify the Obligee (the owners) against any loss or damage directly arising by reason of the failure of the…
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