TERRY CONTR. v. COMMERCIAL INS. CO.


16 Misc.2d 475 (1956)

Terry Contracting, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

September 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason R. Berke for plaintiff.

Martin A. Crean and Robert J. Sykes for defendant.


MORRIS EDER, J.

A general contractor has sued the surety of a subcontractor on a performance bond. It is not denied that the latter failed to deliver the ordered steel and pipe railing when required by plaintiff — at a time when due to a strike in the industry and other conditions such steel was relatively scarce and high in price — but it is urged by defendant that it was plaintiff, and not its principal, who was responsible for the failure...

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