Madison Lumber Co. v. Crane Service Co.

This is a suit against the surety on the bond of a general public contractor for the price of certain lumber sold to a subcontractor and not paid for.

The subcontractor, Crane Service Company, Inc., is also sued but so far as it is concerned there is no defense, and the sole question for our determination is whether the surety, on the bond of the general 'contractor, is liable for lumber bought by the subcontractor for use in preparing a foundation for a pile driver to be used over water, and for use in making repairs to the pile driver.

The work in question was the construction of the bridge…