STATE v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO.


136 Conn. 157 (1949)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. THE HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Conroy, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was William L. Hadden, attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Ernest W. McCormick, with whom, on the brief, was Frank Chapman, for the appellees (defendants).

MALTBIE, C. J., BROWN, JENNINGS, ELLS and DICKENSON, JS.


MALTBIE, C. J.

The state brought this action to recover the excess cost to which it had been put in constructing a section of highway by reason of the cessation of the defendant, the Deliso Construction Company, Inc., before fully performing a contract it had made for the work. The state also made defendant the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, which had given it a bond conditioned upon the performance of the contract by the Deliso Company. The latter company...

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