Flora v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

This is an appeal by defendant Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, from a portion of a judgment against appellant and in favor of plaintiffs Melvin and Helen Flora. Defendant Joe Leonard, as general and special administrator of the estate of Ralph Chadwick Cornelius, abandons his appeal.

Facts

The facts are substantially uneontradicted. On January 16, 1958, the plaintiffs-respondents, Melvin and Helen Flora, entered into a building construction contract with Ralph Chadwick Cornelius for the construction of a 10-unit motel in Desert Hot Springs for $42,500. Mr. Cornelius started work on the…