All Florida Surety Co. v. Coker

SEBRING, Justice.

H. O. Barber was the general contractor on a building project in Dade County, Florida. Barber defaulted on the contract and his surety, All Florida Surety Company, a corporation, expended the sum of $7,500 for the completion of the contract, attorneys’ fees and costs. Thereafter, on March 31, 1954, the surety company instituted an action at law against the general contractor, and Olin P. Wright, Anthony A. Harper and Ralph Coker, who were subcontractors on the job, to recover upon an indemnity bond given by them for the performance of the contract.

On April 17, 1954, the…