Case Name: CLEVE. WIND. GLASS CO. v. NAT. SURETY CO.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1928-04-18
Citations: 6 Ohio Law Abs. 271
Docket Number: No. 20664
Parties: CLEVE. WIND. GLASS CO. v. NAT. SURETY CO.
Judges: (Kinkade, Robinson and Jones, JJ., concur. Day, J., not participating*.)
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 6
Pages: 271–271

Head Matter:
CLEVE. WIND. GLASS CO. v. NAT. SURETY CO.
Ohio Supreme Court.
No. 20664.
Decided April 18, 1928.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
A bond of indemnity should receive a reasonable construction in order to carry out the in-tención pi' the parties as expressed by the language used. Such bond camiot be held to inure to the benefit of one not a party thereto nor designated therein unless it clearly appears from its terms that it was intended that .•ucii party should be the beneficiary thereof, or the terms employed therein are ambiguous and susceptible of two interpretations which seem oij'jaily fair, in which event that interpretation should be adopted which affords the greater indemnity.
(Kinkade, Robinson and Jones, JJ., concur. Day, J., not participating*.)