Board of County Commissioners v. Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendants for damages sustained by reason of defective work and materials in a bridge built by the Topeka Bridge & Iron Company for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.

*224The bridge company entered into a contract with the plaintiff to build a cement bridge, according to certain plans and specifications, on the county line between Trego and Graham counties for $2,145, and gave a bond in that sum, signed by the bridge company and by the Lion Bonding & Surety Company, for the construction of…