United States Casualty Co. v. Standard Acc. Ins.

By the bill complainant asks the court to declare its right to contribution from defendant when it satisfies an obligation for- which it is alleged defendant is primarily liable, or at least jointly liable with it. Complainant does not ask for a money decree in this cause, and upon the theory of joint liability could not do so because, under its own statement, it has not paid its share of the obligation. 13 Am. Jur., pp. 10-11; Restatement of the Law of Restitution, section 82.

On October 28, 1936, Laurie 0. Lundberg, while working as a plasterer on the Pearl High School Building in Nashville,…