Sandiford v. Shideler
Decision Date | 17 April 1901 |
Citation | 26 Ind.App. 496,60 N.E. 168 |
Parties | SANDIFORD et al. v. SHIDELER. |
Court | Indiana Appellate Court |
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Appeal from superior court, Marion county; Vinson Carter, Judge.
Action on a bond by David B. Shideler against Joshua C. Sandiford and others. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and an order overruling a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. Reversed.
Herod & Herod, for appellants. Chas. A. Dryer, for appellee.
Appellee brought this action upon a bond given to secure the faithful performance of a building contract entered into between appellant Sandiford and appellee, Shideler, by which Sandiford agreed to construct a residence and barn for Shideler. A trial resulted in a judgment in favor of the appellee against the appellant, with a finding that Hahn was surety upon the bond. The assignment of errors questions the sufficiency of the complaint and the action of the court in overruling appellant's motion for a new trial. The proposition of counsel for appellants is that: It is claimed that the complaint contains no allegation that appellee paid “money to material men under compulsion, nor that he paid valid liens.” The contract and bond are made parts of the complaint. Article 1 of the contract provides that the contractor shall furnish all material and perform all work. Article 9 contains the following: The complaint avers: “That a large number of mechanics who had labored upon said house and furnished materials therefor in a contract so to do with said Sandiford filed mechanics' liens against said...
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