Milwaukee Enforcers, Inc. v. Ball

The sole issue presented is whether the city’s policy of performance bonding of licensed improvement contractors provides for the payment of bond proceeds to persons harmed by such contractors’ defaults.

The dispute here is affected by the determination of the nature of this bond. Appellant has admitted that the purpose of the bond was to deter contractor failures and ordinance violations, but it is also claimed that the bond is an “automatic source of funds in the event of any damage caused by the contractor’s breach of the contract and/or ordinance.”

*301It has been well summarized in 12 Am. Jur.…