Dixie Plywood Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.

WILLIAM P. ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit against several surety companies who wrote the official bonds for various members of the school board of Highlands County and Samuel F. Longbottom, an elected member of the board.

The action is based on the failure of the members of the board to require L. W. Ross, a general contractor who constructed the Woodlawn Elementary School in Sebring, to give a bond conditioned as required by section 255.05, Florida Statutes.

Section 255.05 requires any public board entering into a contract for the construction of any public building to require the…