City of Kansas City ex rel. Copper v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

The trial court held unconstitutional a three-month limitation period for commencing suit upon bonds given by contractors in connection with contracts with the city for city improvements. The bonds are required by Art. VIII, § 261, of the Kansas City Charter to be given for the protection of laborers, material men, and others who furnish labor, materials and various services for the contract project under contract with the contractor. The same section requires that suits upon such bonds be brought within a three-month limitation period.

The charter provision in…