RUSSELL, Justice.
This is a dispute between the obligee and the surety on a developer's subdivision performance bond. The dispositive question is whether the obligee, completing the work after the principal had defaulted, materially altered the obligation so as to release the surety.
In October 1978, Southern Cross Coal Corporation (Southern Cross) entered into two agreements with the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County (the Board) relating to the development...
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