City of Macon v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

The city of Macon, in January, 1912, by Ordinance No. 558, authorized the construction of a public sewer and directed that bids should be received and a contract let for the work in accordance with the terras of said ordinance. ' Pursuant to section 1247, Revised Statutes 1909, making it the duty of the city to require a bond of the contractor conditioned for *679the payment for all materials used in and labor performed upon the work, section 10 of said ordinance required the contractor, at the time of entering into the contract, to execute and deliver to the city a bond in double the amount bid…