HARTFORD ACCIDENT & IND. CO. v. FIRST NAT. BK. & T. CO.


281 A.D. 607 (1953)

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellant, v. First National Bank & Trust Company of Paterson, New Jersey, Defendant, and The People of the State of New York, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Eckel for appellant.

John F. Hmiel of counsel (Thomas Burke with him on the brief; Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor-General, Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General, attorney), for respondent.

PECK, P. J., GLENNON, COHN, CALLAHAN and BERGAN, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The plaintiff was surety on a payment bond required under a contract for a public improvement (see State Finance Law, § 137), and paid the claims of lienors for labor and material pursuant to the obligations of its bond. It brings this action to recover the unexpended balance of the contract in the hands of the State after completion of the work following the contractor's default. The complaint alleges...

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