Bench Canal Drainage Dist. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Wyoming; John A. Riner, Judge. Action at law by the Bench Canal Drainage District against the Maryland Casualty Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
This was a suit by plaintiff in error against the Maryland Casualty Company as surety on a bond executed by the company, to insure the performance on the part of the contractor of a certain contract entered into between the drainage district and one William P. Bullock for the construction by him of certain ditches or drains. The bond recites that a written contract dated June 16, 1916, was entered into between the contractor and the drainage district. A copy of the contract is attached to the bond and made a part of it, *68■as if recited at lergth in the bond. The…
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