Yost v. Empire State Surety Co.

Citations

• 69 Wash. 397
• 125 P. 167
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 918

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Public Improvements—Bond oe Contractors—Defenses. In an action on an indemnity bond, it is not a fatal variance that the contract provided that the work should be done under one ordinance, which ordered the improvement and the bond refers to the fulfillment of the contract under another ordinance, which provided for the plan of a special assessment, the engagement of the bond to underwrite the contract being sufficiently set out.</p> <p>Insurance—Agents—Scope of Authority. An adjuster of a bonding company may be assumed to have authority to bind the company by its promise to pay a claim, where he was held out by the company as its adjuster having general authority over several states, and no notice was given that he had no authority to settle claims in excess of $250.</p>