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CENTURY INDEMNITY CO. v. ESSO STANDARD OIL CO.

79 S.E.2d 625 (1954)

195 Va. 502

CENTURY INDEMNITY CO. v. ESSO STANDARD OIL CO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodrum, Staples & Gregory, Roanoke, Paxson, Marshall & Smith, Charlottesville, for plaintiff in error.

Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore, H. Merrill Pasco, Robert P. Buford, Jr., Richmond, Thomas B. Gay, Richmond, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C.J., and EGGLESTION, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The city of Charlottesville entered into a written contract dated June 7, 1950, with Lehman-Hoge and Scott, a partnership, herein referred to as the contractor, for the construction and installation of a pipe line for the transmission of natural gas. On the same day the contractor, as principal, entered into a bond to the city, as obligee, with the appellant, The Century Indemnity Company, as surety thereon. Esso Standard Oil Company, the appellee...

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