State Ex Rel. Kingsley v. Carterville Construction Co.

— This is a suit by an employee of a subcontractor on the bond of an original road construction contractor. The cause was tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff recovered and defendants appealed.

We shall refer to relator Kingsley as plaintiff. Defendant Carter-ville Construction Company in 1923 contracted with the state highway department to do certain work on state highway No. 14 in Lawrence county, and said construction company gave bond ‘as required by section 1040, Revised Statutes 1919. The construction company sublet to a firm styled Williams & Ward, and this firm employed…