ALL FLORIDA SURETY COMPANY v. COKER


79 So.2d 762 (1955)

ALL FLORIDA SURETY COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Ralph H. COKER, d/b/a Coker Plumbing, and Olin P. Wright, and H.O. Barber, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

April 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Balaban, Chicago, Ill., and Thomas A. Horkan, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

John Ruff, Miami, for Ralph H. Coker.

Turner & Hodson, Homestead, for Olin P. Wright.


SEBRING, Justice.

H.O. Barber was the general contractor on a building project in Dade County, Florida. Barber defaulted on the contract and his surety, All Florida Surety Company, a corporation, expended the sum of $7,500 for the completion of the contract, attorneys' fees and costs. Thereafter, on March 31, 1954, the surety company instituted an action at law against the general contractor, and Olin P. Wright, Anthony A. Harper and Ralph Coker, who were subcontractors...

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