Standard Accident Insurance v. Blythe

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, for which see 80 S. W. (2d) 810. As it comes to this Court there is presented for decision but one question, the liability of the surety on a private contractor’s bond to subcontractors, materialmen and laborers who furnished material or performed labor on the structure or improvements erected by the contractor. H. W. Bush and wife entered into a building contract with R. P. Blythe, whereby the latter became obligated to furnish the labor and…