TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK v. WESTERN SUR. CO.

No. 11.

271 S.E.2d 501 (1980)

TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK v. WESTERN SURETY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josey, Josey & Hanudel by C. Kitchin Josey, Scotland Neck, for plaintiff-appellee.

Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P. A. by Marshall A. Gallop, Jr., and Robert L. Spencer, Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

The issue presented by this appeal is whether renewals of the surety bond through the payment of annual premiums result in separate and distinct cumulative contracts or whether the renewals are to be construed with the original as one contract only with the maximum liability fixed by the principal amount of the bond.

The plaintiff Town contends the bond and the annual premiums constitute separate...

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