United States Ex Rel. Brady's Floor Covering, Inc. v. Breeden

DIMOND, District Judge.

These cases are brought under the provisions of an act of Congress commonly known as the Miller Act, making provision for bonds of contractors engaged in the construction, alteration or repair of public buildings or public works, approved August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 793, 794, Title 40, Sections 270a to 270d, inclusive, U.S.C.A. The Act in part requires with relation to such public works contracts:

“ * * * (2) A payment bond with a surety or sureties * * * for the protection of all persons supplying labor and material in the prosecution of the work provided for in said…