James P. Purvis v. United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., a Corporation

MADDEN, Judge:

This suit was brought by Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., which had supplied labor and materials to Purvis, who had constructed certain buildings for the United States but had not, so Associated asserted, paid Associated all that he should have paid it for its labor and materials. Purvis, as prime contractor, had been required by the United States to furnish a bond guaranteeing that he would pay his labor and material bills. The defendants in this suit were Purvis and his bondsman. See 40 U.S.C. § 270b.

The buildings which Purvis constructed for the United States constituted…