George M. Morris Construction Co. V. Four Seasons Motor Inn Inc‪.‬

Plaintiff-appellee George M. Morris Construction Company [hereinafter Morris] sued Four Seasons Motor Inn, Inc. and Dale J. Bellamah Corporation [hereinafter Bellamah], defendants-appellants and third-party plaintiffs, for arrearages under a construction contract and also filed liens against its real property. Bellamah denied those amounts, counterclaimed for slander of title, and counterclaimed for failure to disburse $18,709.32 to thirty-four laborers. Those same laborers sued Bellamah for failure to pay $15,182.23 in fringe benefits and filed liens against its property. Mesa Concrete, Springer Corporation, and Burke Concrete sued Morris and Bellamah and filed liens for arrearages. All suits were consolidated. Bellamah in turn brought a third-party complaint against American Bonding Company [hereinafter ABC], its surety, on a performance bond and a labor-material bond. ABC cross-claimed against Morris on an indemnity agreement.