Florey v. City of Burlington

In this case the State of Iowa and Iowa State Board of Regents (hereafter jointly called Regents) sued Bi-States Construction Company, Inc. (hereafter called Bi-States) for breach of contract arising out of a sewer construction job at Oakdale Sanitarium. Merchants Mutual Bonding Company (hereafter called MMB), an Iowa corporation, was made a defendant as surety on Bi-States construction bond. Trial resulted in judgment for the Regents in the amount of $16,483.26. Bi-States and MMB appeal, and we reverse.