Union Traction Co. v. Standard Brick Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

These actions were brought by a traction company to recover the freight charges for certain shipments of brick from Coffeyville to Independence for use in street paving in Independence. The bricks were shipped by certain brick companies impleaded *775herein and consigned to a firm of contractors, Green & Cullen, who had the contract to pave the streets. The Kansas Casualty & Surety Company, principal defendant, is the surety which furnished the contractor’s statutory bond guaranteeing that all claims for labor and materials used, in the…