Shopping Center Management Co. v. Rupp

The three plaintiff corporations named in the caption jointly owned a parcel of land situated on highway 99 in southern King county in an area known as Federal Way. In June, 1955, they commenced the construction of a shopping center on this land and entered into a contract with defendant Rupp, who was a plumbing and heating contractor, to install a complete storm drainage system, a large septic tank and drain field on the premises for $25,830. The defendant General Casualty Company of America, as surety, executed a contractor’s bond along with defendant Rupp, as principal, insuring the…