R. M. Sherman Co. v. W. R. Thomason, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHANNELL, J.
Plaintiff R. M. Sherman Co., Inc. (Sherman) sued for money due under a building contract between it, as subcontractor, and defendant W. R. Thomason, Inc. (Thomason), as prime contractor. Also named as a defendant was Industrial Indemnity Company, the surety under a stop notice release bond. The trial court allowed Thomason to assert a defense of setoff based on a previous contract between Sherman and Thomason which violated the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (former Gov. Code, § 4100 et seq.; now Pub. Contract Code, § 4100 et seq.). (Hereafter, Fair…
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