BOARD OF SUP'RS v. SOUTHERN CROSS COAL

Record No. 870721.

380 S.E.2d 636 (1989)

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY v. SOUTHERN CROSS COAL CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Robert Cherin, Sr. Asst. County Atty. (David T. Stitt, County Atty., on briefs), for appellant.

Robert W. Wooldridge, Jr. (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, McLean, on brief), for appellees Republic Ins. Co.

No argument or brief for appellees Southern Cross Coal Co. and Ronald Eugene Adkins.

Present: All the Justices.


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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