Brown Wholesale Electric Co. v. Beztak of Scottsdale, Inc.

OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

The primary issue presented on this appeal is as follows. When a general contractor makes a subcontractor and materialman joint payees on a check for labor and materials furnished, and there is no agreement between the materialman and general contractor as to the allocation of proceeds, will the materialman, by endorsing the check, be deemed to have been paid the money due him up to the amount of the joint check?

FACTS

Beztak Scottsdale Ranch Limited Partnership is the owner of an apartment project in Scottsdale, Arizona. Beztak of Scottsdale is the general partner…