Venezia v. Town of Fairfield

This action is brought by the plaintiff, a subcontractor who furnished material and labor under a general contract for the construction of a high school building in the defendant town. The action was brought by virtue of the provisions of § 5109 of the General Statutes (Cum. Sup. 1933, § 1113b) which provides that, with certain exceptions, upon the making of a contract by the State or any subdivision thereof for the construction or alteration of a public building, the officer or agent making the contract shall take from the contractor a bond for the performance of the contract and the payment…