ABSTRACT
Assume this claim against B succeeds so that A recovers damages from B. B can then turn to C and claim contribution upon the grounds that if A had chosen to sue C in the same action, C would also have been held liable to A for the same damage, namely the defective walls requiring repair.4 The same claim could be made by B against C if, as would commonly be the case, A had joined B and C to the same proceedings as codefendants. In such a case, normally the court would deliver one judgment in which it decided whether either or both of B and C were liable to A, and if so, the contribution each should give to the other.
