Legal Opinion
City of Spokane v. Costello
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1910No. 8281PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered May 18, 1908, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on a contractor’s bonds.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered against defendants in an action upon two bonds. One is in words and figures as follows:
“Know all men by these presents, that Peter Costello, as principal, and the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, a corporation as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the City of Spokane, Washington, in the sum of Twelve Hundred ($1200.00) Dollars, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our (and in the case of said principal) heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and (in the case of…
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