Southern Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. v. Paramount Construction Co.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is an indemnity action.

In September of 1969 Dwight Ken Nish-imura contracted with Paramount Contracting, Inc., for the construction of a building to be leased to San Lorenzo Nursery Company of Texas, Inc. (The builder is designated in this record by various names, Paramount Construction Company, Inc., Paramount Construction, Inc., and Paramount Contracting, Inc. It will be called “Paramount,” in this opinion.) San Lorenzo intended to use the building as a wholesale floral warehouse and showroom. On March 18, 1970, the roofing work was subcontracted by Paramount to…