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· 2/26/1906

Equitable Trust Co. v. National Surety Co.

Citations

  • 214 Pa. 159
  • 63 A. 699
  • 1906 Pa. LEXIS 616

Syllabus

<p>Bond — Conditions—Covenants—Breach—Indemnity—Guaranty.</p> <p>A bond may have two separate and distinct conditions and upon a breach of one condition an action will lie.</p> <p>Where a bond is conditioned not only as an indemnity against loss but as a covenant to complete a building operation, failure of the obligor to complete the building operation is a breach of the condition of the bond for which an action lies.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter, Stewart

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