Engineers of the South, Inc. v. Goodwin

Plaintiff-appellant brought this action for declaratory judgment, asking the court to construe a contract between the plaintiff and defendants. Specifically, the plaintiff sought a declaration that, by paragraph 6 (c) of the contract, Engineers of the South, Inc. agreed only to indemnify the defendants, J.W. Goodwin and the Goodwin companies, to the extent of work performed by Engineers of the South, Inc. and did not obligate it to indemnify J.W. Goodwin and the Goodwin companies for work theretofore performed by Goodwin and the Goodwin companies.

The defendants denied the material allegations…