Warm Springs Forest Products Industries v. Rimrock Ranch, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying its claim on a payment bond, assigning as error the trial court’s failure to make special findings of fact as well as its general finding in favor of defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the unpaid balance due on a contract for the sale of logs from plaintiff to defendant Rimrock1 and to recover on a payment bond under which defendant The Murphy Company (Murphy) was the principal and defendant Transamerica was the surety.2

The payment bond states, in part:

“KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, THE MURPHY COMPANY principal…