Hunter Machinery Co. v. Southern Surety Co.

The following opinion was filed April 5, 1927:

CROWNHART, J.

Sec. 23, ch. 82, Smith-Hurd Revised Statutes of Illinois for 1923, reads as follows:

“Any person who shall furnish material,’ apparatus, fixtures, machinery, or labor to any contractor . . . for public improvement ... in this state, shall have a lien on the money, bonds or warrants due or to become due such contractor” for such improvement.

The bond was given pursuant to sub. 6, sec. 26, ch. 121, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of Illinois for 1921, which reads as follows:

“Each contractor, before entering into a contract for such construction…