California Supreme Court July 11, 1917, L. A. No. 4006. (Bird v. American Surety Co. of New York)

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SLOSS, J.

The plaintiff, Mary B. Bird, as owner, entered into a contract with E. R. McLure, as contractor, for the erection of a building on said plaintiff’s lot in the city of Los Angeles. The contract price was $7,020, and American Surety Company, as surety, gave a bond in the sum of $3,510 to insure the performance of the contract.