J. G. Laird Lumber Co. v. Teitelbaum

Section 1311.04, Revised Code, provides in part as follows:

“Whenever any payment of money becomes due from the owner * * * [the] contractor shall make out and give to *117the owner * * * or Ms agent, a statement under oath * * * showing the name and address of every subcontractor in his employ, and of every person furnishing * * * material * * * and giving the amount which is due or to become due to them, or any of them, * * * which statement shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by every person furnishing * * * material * * *.

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“* * * The owner * * * or his agent shall retain out of…