Electrical Equipment Co. v. Daniel

Jordan, Judge.

Code Ann. § 23-1705 requires contractors entering into contracts with a “public board or body” of a county to give a performance bond and a payment bond “for the use and protection of all subcontractors and all persons supplying labor, materials, machinery and equipment in the prosecution of the work provided for in said contract.” When such required bonds are given by the general contractor (the premium cost of said bonds being passed on to said public body or agency) Code Ann. § 23-1708 provides the manner in which persons entitled to such protection may proceed.

While Code…