Legal Opinion

Goss v. Structural Concrete Products & Maryland Casualty Co.

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided May 19, 1965No. CE-64-11Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Dávila

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The contention raised is extremely simple. Is the liability assumed by a surety of paying for the labor and materials used in the construction of a private work extended to cover the amount owed for rental of equipment and transportation thereof?

Maryland Casualty Co. is the surety. It bound itself with the Structural Concrete Products Corporation to pay to all those who served materials or rendered services for the execution of a ready-mix concrete work required in the construction of Miramar Charterhouse Hotel. To perform this work the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Brogan v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Mann v. SchnarrIndiana Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Timber Structures, Inc. v. C. W. S. Grinding & MacHine WorksOregon Supreme Court · 1951
  5. J.F. Tolton Inv. Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1930

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