National Surety Corp. v. Christiansen Bros.

CROCKETT, Justice:

National Surety Corporation (standing in shoes of subcontractor William A. Earl) sued defendants Christiansen Brothers, Inc. (herein referred to as the defendant), as general contractor, and the other parties, as subcontractors, for $11,456.98 as the unpaid part of $30,000 which it had been agreed among these parties in a prior suit that Earl was to receive as his share of a $160,000 fund, which had been received to settle certain claims of all the parties in connection with the building of the University of Utah Medical Center. The settlement as just stated is not disputed.…