Adair County v. Urban

BARRETT, C.

(Adopted as Dissenting Opinion of Leedy and Tipton, JJ.) — This is an action by Adair County against William Urban, Junior, a contractor, and The Travelers Indemnity Company, his surety, for damages for breach of a contract to erect a bridge across the Chariton River. The county claims damages in the sum of $20,000. Upon the first trial the jury returned a verdict for $5000 which the trial court, upon the county’s motion for a new trial, set aside as inadequate. The defendants appealed and the trial court’s judgment was affirmed and the cause remanded. Adair County v. Urban, (Mo.)…