Standard Boiler Works v. National Surety Co.

Citations

• 71 Wash. 28
• 127 P. 573
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 684

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Public Works — Bonds to Secure Laborers and Materialmen. A bond under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1159, to indemnify laborers, mechanics, subcontractors, and materialmen, and all persons supplying such persons with provisions or supplies for carrying on the work, does not cover the cost of repairs upon the steam shovel used by the contractor in the prosecution of the work; since the statute is intended to cover only the things furnished and used directly in the work and entirely consumed thereby.</p>