{ "id": 8624425, "name": "HUNT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JOHN W. HUDSON, Jr., and THE NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY", "name_abbreviation": "Hunt Manufacturing Co. v. Hudson", "decision_date": "1931-04-01", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "541", "last_page": "543", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "200 N.C. 541" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "N.C.", "id": 9292, "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 5, "name_long": "North Carolina", "name": "N.C." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "130 S. E., 547", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.E.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "190 N. C., 680", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "case_ids": [ 8612649 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/nc/190/0680-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 264, "char_count": 4164, "ocr_confidence": 0.457, "pagerank": { "raw": 5.298132930532853e-08, "percentile": 0.33426002828736345 }, "sha256": "669264a74699a3ba2c603a71d8cc5a9d121726a7d639d5d3264f577395f67aec", "simhash": "1:4cdb42665c30dd38", "word_count": 695 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T16:40:42.579520+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "HUNT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JOHN W. HUDSON, Jr., and THE NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Stacy, C. J.\nThe National Surety Company takes the position that only one action, in the nature of a creditor\u2019s bill, can be brought to enforce the surety\u2019s liability on a contractor\u2019s bond, given to a municipal corporation in connection with public work under C. S., 2445, as amended, and that such action, as provided therein, must \u201cbe brought in tbe county in wbicb tbe building, road, or street is located, and not elsewhere.\u201d Tbis is true, but tbe provisions of tbis statute would seem to be inapplicable to tbe present case.\nIn tbe first place, tbe plaintiff\u2019s cause of action is not limited to recovery on tbe contractor\u2019s bond. Another and independent agreement is set out and declared upon. In tbe second place, O. S., 2445, applies only to bonds given to municipal corporations, and while \u201cTbe Board of Trustees of tbe East Carolina Teachers\u2019 College\u201d is declared a body corporate by 3 C. S., 5863, such board, we apprehend, is not a municipal corporation within tbe purview of C. S., 2445. A similar bolding was made with respect to tbe North Carolina State Highway Commission in Trust Co. v. Highway Commission, 190 N. C., 680, 130 S. E., 547.\nTbe motion to dismiss tbe action was properly overruled.\nAffirmed.", "type": "majority", "author": "Stacy, C. J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Parham & Lassiter and Hancoclc & Taylor for plaintiff.", "8. Brown Shepherd for defendants." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "HUNT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JOHN W. HUDSON, Jr., and THE NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY.\n(Filed 1 April, 1931.)\n1. Principal and Surety B b \u2014 Where surety takes over construction and purchases directly from materialmen C. S., 2445, does not apply.\nA surety company on a contractor\u2019s bond for the erection of municipal ' buildings in taking over for its own protection the completion thereof, and dealing directly with the materialmen upon its own credit changes its liability as a surety on the bond, and C. S., 2445, providing that a creditor\u2019s bill should be the remedy of material furnishers, etc., and that the action shall be brought in the county where the buildings were erected is not applicable.\n2. Same \u2014 In this case held: C. S., 2445, requiring action on surety bond to be brought in county of construction, is not applicable.\nWhile the board of trustees of the East Carolina Teacher\u2019s College is made a body corporate, it is not a municipal corporation within the meaning of C. S., 2445, requiring that an action against the surety on the contractor\u2019s bond for public construction be brought in the county in which the buildings were erected.\nAppeal by defendant, National Surety Company, from Stacie, J., at October Term, 1930, of GraNVILle.\nCivil action to recover for materials furnished by plaintiff and used by the defendants in the construction of \u00e1 number of school buildings.\nPlaintiff, a corporation with its principal place of business at Oxford, N. C., brings this action in Granville County, and alleges that in 1929, John W. Hudson, Jr., a resident of Edgecombe County, held two building contracts, one with the \u201cBoard of Directors of the East Carolina Training School\u201d for the erection of a building on the premises of said school in Pitt County, N. C., and the other with the school authorities of Worcester County, Maryland, for the erection of a number of buildings at different places in said county; and that the National Surety Company became surety on the bonds given to guarantee the faithful performance of both contracts, including payment for labor, materials, etc.; that plaintiff furnished materials to the contractor for use under both contracts, and has not been paid therefor; that the National Surety Company, upon default of the contractor early in 1930, took over the work on both jobs, in order to minimize its loss, and continued to order materials from the plaintiff, agreeing specifically to pay for all materials already furnished and thereafter to be furnished by the plaintiff for use in completing said contracts.\nThe National Surety Company entered a special appearance and moved to dismiss the action for that under C. S., 2445, suit on defendant\u2019s bond is required to be brought in the county where the building is located.\nFrom a judgment overruling the motion, the National Surety Company appeals.\nParham & Lassiter and Hancoclc & Taylor for plaintiff.\n8. Brown Shepherd for defendants." }, "file_name": "0541-01", "first_page_order": 609, "last_page_order": 611 }