Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. C. B. Duff & Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

Reversing.

The appellant, Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, was the surety on the bond of the Hope Construction Company, now insolvent, given to secure the state highway commission and “each and every person who may furnish labor, materials or supplies for use in or upon” a project for the construction of approximately seven miles of highway between Hyden and Manchester. The Hope Construction Company operated a boarding house for the benefit of its employees during the progress of this work, and the appellee, C. B. Duff & Co., furnished a large…