Standard Accident Insurance v. Copper Hills Motor Hotels, Inc.

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This is an action by Copper Hills Motor Hotels, Inc., against Standard Accident Insurance Company on a bond executed to guarantee the payment of labor and ma-terialmen liens. Judgment was entered in favor of Copper Hills. The Court of Appeals reversed. Opinion of the Court of Appeals vacated and judgment affirmed.

In 1960 and prior thereto, Copper Hills owned and operated a motel near Miami, Arizona. Peter J. Wurts was its president and general manager. Wurts was a friend of William G. Spurr, president of Paramount Builders, Inc., a construction company. Spurr was…