Jenkins Hardware Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.

What are materials within the purview of a road contractor’s bond of the type disclosed by the present record?

This Court has heretofore determined that certain specified articles constitute material within the purview of a road contract. These include lumber used for construction of a rock crusher, dump forms, etc., groceries for workmen where a commissary is necessary, feed for teams, blasting powder and drills “used up in scaffolds and forms for concrete construction,” gasoline and lubricating oil. Aderholt v. Condon, 189 N. C., 748, 128 S. E., 337; Plyler v. Elliott, 191 N. C., 54, 131 S.…