Opinion ID: 2286750
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Heading: the claim against aetna casualty & surety co.

Text: The claim against appellant Aetna is brought on the familiar Labor and Material Payment Bond issued by Aetna as surety for the protection of International Land. That claim, however, is not well founded because the bond in terms limits the class of proper claimants to those having a direct contract with the Principal, here George A. Fuller Co., Inc., or with a sub-contractor of the Principal. Appellee's contract was with Nicholson, at best a sub-sub-contractor of Fuller. It follows that recovery on the bond must be denied. See United States v. Blount Brothers Construction Co., 168 F.Supp. 407 (D. Md.1958). Judgment against Spencer, White & Prentis, Inc. affirmed; judgments against George A. Fuller Co., Inc. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company reversed.