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WILEY N. JACKSON COMPANY v. CITY OF NORFOLK

87 S.E.2d 781 (1955)

197 Va. 62

WILEY N. JACKSON COMPANY, Inc., and The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, v. CITY OF NORFOLK.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Jack E. Greer, Norfolk, for appellants.

Leonard H. Davis, Joseph E. Baker, Norfolk, for appellee.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

SMITH, Justice.

This suit was instituted by Wiley N. Jackson Company, Incorporated, against the City of Norfolk seeking contribution for one half of the sums paid under a compromise settlement made by Jackson with certain land owners who claimed damages for injury to two buildings adjacent to certain construction work performed by Jackson. Jackson's surety, The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, which actually paid the settlement money, was made a party complainant...

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