Arrowhead Construction Co. v. Essex Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an action for breach of contract. The appeal is from the trial court’s order granting judgment on the counterclaims of Frank Crotts and Glenn Henley.

A contract for the construction of a low-income housing project in Lakin is the issue from which this case arose. The original contract for the project was let to Essex Corporation as the general contractor on March 15, 1978. On March 23, 1978, Essex acquired a “Labor and Material Payment Bond” from Inland Insurance Company and Universal Surety Company.

Essex subcontracted the job to…