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- Title: United Benefit Fire Insurance Company v. Metropolitan Plumbing Company
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 19, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
Description
Appellee, Metropolitan Plumbing Company, was a subcontractor in the construction of an addition to the Cooley Elementary School for the El Paso Independent School District, El Paso County, Texas. The prime contractor in such work, D. W. Austin, d/b/a Austin Construction Company, became bankrupt while owing appellee a balance of $3,579.40 for labor and materials furnished the school job under the terms of a lump-sum contract. Appellee sued the contractors surety, United Benefit Fire Insurance Company, upon a payment bond executed by it as surety for D. W. Austin in compliance with the provisions of the McGregor Act (Article 5160, Vernons Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, as amended April 27, 1959). In a trial to the court without the intervention of a jury, judgment was awarded appellee for the sum of $3,579.40, as prayed for, and appellant has appealed.
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