Malone v. Stewart

Citations

• 235 Pa. 99
• 83 A. 607
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 506

Syllabus

<p>Principal and surety — Contribution among sur e-ties — Contract.</p> <p>Where several persons are sureties on separate bonds and for varying amounts, for the completion of a building, and are compelled for their own protection to complete the building left unfinished by the contractor, they are compellable to contribute in proportion to the amounts of their respective bonds, and if one has paid more than his share, he may compel contribution from the others by a suit in equity, although at the time the suit is instituted there are pending and „ undetermined certain contested claims arising out of the construction of the building.</p>