Hayes v. Highlands Insurance

Eberhardt, Judge.

Claimant entered into a written contract with E. G. Layton Construction Company to furnish all labor, materials and supplies and complete the masonry work in a building according to the plans and specifications and directions of the architect who prepared them, furnishing his own tools and equipment and providing workmen’s compensation insurance for his employees. In the course of the work it became necessary for Layton to advance funds to claimant for making his payrolls, and to issue checks payable jointly to claimant and the suppliers of materials so that these could be…