Baum v. County of Whatcom

Citations

• 19 Wash. 626
• 54 P. 29
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 438

Syllabus

<p>BOND TO COUNTY FOR BENEFIT OF MATERIALMEN — RECITALS — RIGHT OF ACTION.</p> <p>Where a bond executed by a contractor for the construction of public improvements, under Gen. Stat., § 2415 (Bal. Code, §5925), in order to protect laborers and material men, contains all the conditions required by the statute, the recital that it was taken as a common law, and not as a statutory, bond, would not vitiate it.</p> <p>Where a county takes a bond from a contractor for the •construction of a county road, under Gen. Stat., § 2415, for the benefit of laborers and material men, the right of action of a material man on account of supplies furnished is not against the •county, but must be enforced against the bondsman and his sureties.</p>