Royal Service Co. v. Whitehead Construction Co.

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by Royal Service Co. from an adverse circuit court judgment on a jury verdict in a suit by Royal against Whitehead Construction Company and its bondsman, and a counterclaim by Whitehead against Royal.

The facts appear to be as follows: Whitehead was the general contractor for the construction of a building at Southern State College. By written contract dated February 18, 1971, Whitehead sublet the mechanical work on the building to Royal as a subcontractor for the price of $94,006. Whitehead required the subcontractor Royal to carry its own liability…