Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. City of Stafford

Citations

• 101 Kan. 66
• 165 P. 837
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 17

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>City Improvements — Contract — Default of Contractor — Finished by Surety — ApportionmeM of Loss. The contract price of a municipal improvement having proved insufficient to meet all the claims for labor and material, and a proportionate distribution of the loss among claimants having been ordered, it is held that the claim of one who is subrogated to the rights of a number of laborers and materialmen should be reduced only in the proportion that the total loss bears to the total cost of the improvement.</p>