Case Name: The W. E Wright Co. v. Parshall et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1920-04-27
Citations: 101 Ohio St. 517
Docket Number: No. 16385
Parties: The W. E Wright Co. v. Parshall et al.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Johnson, Robinson and Merrell, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 101
Pages: 517–518

Head Matter:
The W. E Wright Co. v. Parshall et al.
Suretyship — Contractor abandons street improvement — Bonding company completes contract — Materialmen and laborers— Right to balance of city funds — Doctrine of subrogation inapplicable, when.
(No. 16385
Decided April 27, 1920.)
Error to the Court of Appeals of Summit county.
Messrs. Commins, Brouse, Englebeck & McDowell, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. H. M. Hagelbarger; Mr. S. D. Kenfield; Messrs. Musser, Kimber & Huffman; Messrs. Henderson, Quail, Siddall & Morgan and Mr. E. E. Zerian, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said court of appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed; for the reason the surety, The New Amsterdam Casualty Company, in its election to complete the contract of the contractor, S. W. Parshall and Edward P. Parshall partners engaged in business as S. W. Parshall & Son, received the contract subject to all valid liens then attaching or that might thereafter be perfected against it; for the further reason that under the ruling of this court in the case of Royal Indemnity Co. v. Northern Ohio Granite & Stone Co., 100 Ohio St., 373, The New Amsterdam Casualty Company is liable upon its bond for the material and labor furnished S. W. Parshall & Son under its contract with the city of Akron and can not invoke the equitable doctrine of subrogation against its plain legal obligation; and for the further reason that the doctrine of subrogation will not be applied to prefer one creditor over another where an inequitable result will be accomplished thereby.
Cause remanded to the court of common pleas of Summit county for further proceedings according to law.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Nichols, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Johnson, Robinson and Merrell, JJ., concur.