Hampton v. Incorporated Village of Freeport

The judgment allows liens of certain persons as to the public improvement contract of the defendant village, and directs payment thereof from a fund representing sums earned by the original contractor. Other claims for liens were rejected. There is no dispute in the facts. The contractor defaulted with the work only partially completed and the village let the contract for completion to another. The cost of completion was in excess of the original contract price. After the work had been completed the village sued the original contractors and the .surety and recovered the damages it had…