First National Realty Corporation v. Warren-Ehret Company, Inc.

Finan J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The circumstances leading up to this case are illustrative of the proverb that haste makes waste. In this instance haste also made for litigation. The appellant, First National Realty Corporation, a real estate development company, contracted with S. Klein Department Stores, Inc. for the construction of a large store in Greenbelt. Beltway Regional Center, Inc., the primary contractor, and also an appellant, on May 7, 1963, subcontracted with Warren-Ehret, the appellee, for the installation of a 20-year, bonded, built-up roof, with exterior flashing…