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GEARHART v. PIERCE ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 18905.

779 P.2d 93 (1989)

Larry Vaughn GEARHART dba Eagle Contracting; and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania corporation, Appellants, v. PIERCE ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & List and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Richard McKnight, Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice:

The central issue presented by this appeal is a question of first impression in this court. We are asked to determine the legal effect upon a surety of a default judgment entered against its principal. After reviewing the relevant case law and the facts and circumstances of this particular case, we conclude, inter alia, that a default judgment against a principal is not conclusive as to its co-defendant surety.

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