SKW/ESKIMOS v. SENTRY AUTO. SPRINKLER

No. S-1109.

723 P.2d 1293 (1986)

SKW/ESKIMOS, INC. and General Insurance Company of America, Appellants, v. SENTRY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Waggoner, Anchorage, for appellants.

Thatcher R. Beebe, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

OPINION

This appeal arises out of an action which was brought by a sub-subcontractor to recover on a prime contractor's surety bond, for materials it used in performing its sub-subcontract. At issue is whether the sub-subcontractor can recover for materials when the bonded contract bound the prime contractor to furnish labor only.

FACTS.

In June 1979, the North Slope Borough ("NSB") entered into a contract with...

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