AMERICAN FIRE & CAS. CO. v. DAVIS WATER & WASTE IND., INC.

No. 77-134.

358 So.2d 225 (1978)

AMERICAN FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. DAVIS WATER & WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC., d/b/a Davis Meter & Supply Company, a Corporation, Clement J. Ford, Jr., Bobby E. Greene and Roy J. Meadows, D/B/a Ford, Greene & Meadows Properties, a Florida General Partnership, and Roy J. Meadows, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Palmer of Welbaum, Zook, Jones & Williams, Orlando, for appellant.

Leighton D. Yates, Jr. and Patrick T. Christiansen of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, for appellees Davis Water and Waste Industries, Inc.


LETTS, Judge.

The rulings of the trial judge are affirmed. In this case we are once again asked to consider the vexing mechanics liens questions of: first, notice to owners, and second, the transfer of liens to bond. As to the first question, we hold that notice to owners need not be given when the materials furnished relate to subdivision improvements. Second, we hold that the surety on a lien transferred to bond is not automatically released, one year...

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