Crane Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Citations

• 102 Wash. 59

Syllabus

<p>States—Contractor’s Bonds—Liability of Surety—Subletting. Where a subcontract on a state building was not consented to or recognized by the state or bonding company, there was no such assignment or “subletting” as to release the surety on the contractor’s bond, under the clause therein providing that the contractor shall not assign the contract or sublet any portion thereof without the written consent of the board- of control and the bonding company; the clauses meaning only that there shall be no substitution of parties without the written consent of both the state and the surety.</p> <p>Same—Contractor’s Bonds—Liability of Surety—Supplies to Subcontractor. A contractor’s bond given under Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 1159 and 1161, for the benefit of all laborers and materialmen and all persons “who furnish subcontractors with provisions and supplies” for carrying on the work, covers supplies furnished to any subcontractor which were actually used in the building.</p>