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W. F. MAGANN CORP. v. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA ELEC. WKS. INC.

123 S.E.2d 377 (1962)

203 Va. 259

W. F. MAGANN CORPORATION et al. v. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA ELECTRICAL WORKS, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. MacKenzie, Portsmouth (Harvey E. White, Jr., Norfolk, MacKenzie & Babb, Portsmouth, White, Ryan & Reynolds, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

William C. Coupland, Norfolk (W. L. Berkley, III, Jett, Sykes & Coupland, Norfolk, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The question to be resolved in this case is whether a subcontractor is liable under its indemnity contract to its general contractor for damage done to the work by the act or neglect of a third party.

W. F. Magann Corporation, the general contractor, now one of the appellants, entered into a contract with Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission to furnish the materials and perform the labor for constructing a combined sewage pumping...

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