Legal Opinion
R. P. Richards, Inc. v. Chartered Construction Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 2000No. B130412, B131672PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
Plaintiff R. P. Richards, Inc. (Richards), a subcontractor, sued defendant Chartered Construction Corporation (Chartered), a general contractor, and defendant Travelers Casualty and Surety Company (Travelers) to enforce a stop notice and a stop notice release bond. Richards settled with Chartered, obtained a judgment to enforce the settlement, and continued to prosecute the claim against Travelers as surety. The trial court concluded that the original obligation had been altered without Travelers’s consent thereby exonerating Travelers as surety (Civ. Code, § 2819), 2…
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