Campbell v. Snyder

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Batlipp

— Affirming.

In June, 1937, the appellants, J. B. McLellan and Wade Campbell, a partnership doing business in the firm name of McLellan and Campbell, contracted with the State Highway Department of Kentucky to construct a state highway known as 31-W from Cave City to a point near Munfordville, Kentucky, a distance of approximately ten miles. Appellants sublet all the -excavation work to appellee, Frank J. Snyder, at certain prices per cubic yard, and appellee entered upon the work about July 10, 1937, and did the major portion of it by about October 1, 1937,…