Clark v. H. Hackfeld & Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HATCH, J.

This is an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaintiffs, Clark & Henery, against H. Hackfeld & Company, Limited, and Castle & Cooke, Limited, upon a written undertaking to guarantee the payment to the plaintiffs of the sum of $26,000 upon their completion of certain dredging work, and the acceptance of the same by the United. States Government. The United States, through the appropriate office of the Engineer Corps of the Army, had called for tenders for dredging a channel through the bar at the entrance to Pearl Harbor in the island of Oahu. The amount of…