Contee Sand & Gravel Co. v. Reliance Insurance

Contee Sand and Gravel Company, Inc. filed its motion for judgment in the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk against Reliance Insurance Company (successor to Standard Accident Insurance Company), seeking a judgment upon a labor and material payment bond issued by Standard on October 25, 1963, with Carter Contracting Company, Inc., as principal. The policy was incident to the performance of a contract whereby the Carter Company agreed to construct for Jeane Dixon and James L. Dixon a “7-Eleven” store at Laurel, Maryland.

Reliance filed its grounds of defense and a motion to dismiss upon the…