Supreme Court of Louisiana March 12, 1928, No. 26910. (Haynesville Lumber Co. v. Casey)

THOMPSON, J.

The school board of Claiborne parish entered into a written contract with the defendant Casey in 1923 to construct a building for the high school in the town of Haynesville.

The Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland signed as surety on the contractor’s bond for the sum of $130,000. The contract and the bond were duly recorded.