Western Hardware & Metal Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Citations

• 105 Wash. 54
• 177 P. 703
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 541

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (158) —Schools and School Districts (28)—Contractor’s Bonds — Persons Secured — Supplies. A bond given by a contractor in compliance with Rem. Code, § 1159, to secure all persons furnishing provisions and supplies for carrying on the work of constructing a heating plant in a schoolhouse, covers sums due for sheet metal furnished in good faith to a subcontractor to be used in the building, although, due to the fault of the subcontractor, all of it was not used in the construction of the plant.</p> <p>Same—Liability. Liability attaches in such case, although the sheet metal was not delivered at or near the school building, where the delivery was made at the shop of the subcontractor, it being necessary to there prepare it for use on the job, and the work of preparing it was being actually done there.</p>