Attorney General v. Union Plumbing Co.

The question to be decided is whether it is lawful for the defendant, a Massachusetts corporation, to engage “in the business of making and performing contracts to supply labor and material for plumbing work to be done for others,” in the manner disclosed by the agreed facts.

The defendant is not registered as a master plumber. No contention is made that it holds any license. It regularly employs master and journeymen plumbers to do such work as it may request. Some of these are its stockholders, directors and officers. It has a regular place of business in Worcester. It contracted with one…