Southwest Trinity Constructors, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

This action arose out of a dispute concerning a contract for the construction of an electric transmission line in Texas.

The plaintiff, Southwest Trinity Constructors, Inc., is a South Dakota corporation and is a subcontractor that agreed with the prime contractor, Transpower Constructors, a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Companies of Lincoln, Nebraska, to construct the foundations for the towers carrying the line. Central Power and Light Company is the owner that entered into the contract with Transpower for construction of the line. The prime contract was for $870,277. The subcontract was…