Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Golightly

Chandler, Justice:

This case involves an action for indemnification. The Circuit Court ordered certain defenses stricken on the ground they are irrelevant. We affirm.

FACTS

Grover Golightly, a home builder, applied to Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Aetna) for a $10,000 license bond. The bond was required to be given to the South Carolina Residential Home Builders Commission (RHBC) by S. C. Code Ann. § 40-59-70 (1976).

The application required Golightly to indemnify Aetna for any losses incurred on the bond. The bond was expressly conditioned upon Golightly’s compliance with RHBC rules and…