Lock Joint Pipe Co. v. Commonwealth

This is a petition to obtain the benefit of security given under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 30, § 39, as appearing in St. 1935, c. 472, § 1. Under date of November 9, 1949, the respondent Demos Brothers General Contractors, Incorporated, hereinafter called Demos, entered into a contract with the Commonwealth, acting through the metropolitan district commission, for the installation of a pipe fine for the Hyde Park pumping station. Pursuant to c. 30, § 39, a bond was executed by Demos as principal and the respondent Peerless Casualty Company, hereinafter called Peerless, as surety. The bond, in the…