Gloucester City v. AM. ARBITRATION ASS'N.

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• distinguishing between claims relating to the parties’ performance obligations under a construction contract and those involving the surety’s personal defenses arising from the bond provisions
• discussing a New Jersey statute for bonding on public works projects: “[i]n our view, the intent of N.J.S.A. 2A:44-143 and -147 is to require the surety to stand in the shoes of a defaulting principal and to be subject to any claim for which the principal would have been liable.”
• when a surety bond is issued to satisfy the requirements of a statute, the bond will be construed in conformity with the legislative mandate

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