Peerless Unit Ventilation Co. v. D'Amore Construction Co.

This is a suit in equity to get the benefit of security for the payment by one Browne, a subcontractor, of $2,240 for labor and materials furnished by the plaintiff in the construction of a schoolhouse for the town of Water-town. The security was obtained under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 149, § 29, and was in the form of a bond, running to the town, with the defendant D’Amore Construction Co., the general contractor, as principal, and the defendant The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company as surety. Furthermore, the defendant D’Amore Construction Co. owes Browne $1,050, and holds that sum subject to…