Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Federal Construction Corp.

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Respondent Kansas City Power & Light Company sued appellant Federal Construction Corporation, its contractor on certain work, for indemnity under a written contract. Respondent had previously settled personal injury suits filed against it by two employees of the contractor. It recovered $25,083.82 in the trial court and this appeal followed. We shall refer to respondent as plaintiff and to appellant as defendant.

A “General Contract Proposal” dated August 27, 1954, had been executed by the ■parties, covering the construction of distribution and transmission lines by…