202 S.W. 975 | Tex. App. | 1918
It is insisted by the sureties on the bond of the Davis Construction Company that the court erred in not giving judgment in their favor, in that they are legally released from liability under their contract, for: (1) The installment payment by A. P. Baldwin of $2,102.85 was made, as found by the court, without the issuance of a certificate of the architect for the payments; and (2) the payments by A. P. Baldwin before the time of the certified default by the Davis Construction Company were more than 75 per cent. of the value of the labor done and material furnished. As found by the court:
"After January 8, 1916, and up to January 19, 1916, A. P. Baldwin paid to persons and firms who had furnished labor and material to the Davis Construction Company the following amounts (itemized), totaling $2,102.85. No certificate of the architect was issued for these payments."
And, as further found by the court, at the time the above installment payments were made there was labor and material satisfactorily in place in the building exceeding the value of $2,940.45, "and at no time did A. P. Baldwin pay to or for the Davis Construction Company more than 75 per cent. of the amount of the labor and material satisfactorily in place in the building." The contract has the stipulation:
That the contract price shall, as the work progresses, "be paid by the owner to the contractors in current funds, and only on the certificates of the architect, no certificate to exceed 75 per cent. of the cost of the labor and material satisfactorily in place in the building at the time of the issuance of such certificates, and the final certificates of payment to be made on completion of the building, and all payments shall be due when certificates for the same are issued and upon satisfactory evidence, such as receipted accounts or releases for all materials and labor that have been furnished and used in construction of said building."
In the case of Childress v. Smith et al.,
The points presented in the second and third assignments of error are not, as we conclude, involved in the case, since legal effect is herein given to the terms of the contract.
The fifth assignment of error, we think, should be overruled; for the court finds as a fact:
"That in the erection of said building there was no material change from the plans and specifications according to which the structure was to be erected, as per the contract between the Davis Construction Company and A. P. Baldwin of date September 29, 1915; that such changes as were made were trivial and not material changes in said plans and specifications."
The provision that final certificate be made on completion of the building has application only when the contractor completes the building.
As no exception was taken to the ruling of the court or the order made consolidating cause No. 7945 with cause No. 7920, the assignment of error No. 1 by the appellant R. W. Patterson may not be reviewed by this court.
The second assignment of error by appellant Patterson challenges the findings of the trial court. The finding is:
"(13) Upon the issues made by the pleadings in the claim of R. W. Patterson against A. P. Baldwin for $524.71 for lumber claimed to have been furnished to the Davis Construction Company under the promise by A. P. Baldwin to pay therefor, I find that said lumber was furnished by R. W. Patterson to the Davis Construction Company, and that Baldwin did not agree to pay therefor either before or after the said lumber was furnished by Patterson to the Davis Construction Company."
As the evidence is conflicting, the finding so made by the trial court will not be disturbed.
The judgment is affirmed.