State ex rel Union Iron Works v. P. S. Lord Mechanical Contractors

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the unpaid contract price of materials it had furnished a subcontractor of defendant P. S. Lord Mechanical Contractors. Lord was the prime contractor with the State Board of Higher Education to enlarge a central heating plant of Oregon State University. Defendant Aetna Casualty and Surety Company had provided the performance bond. Plaintiff supplied boiler and supplemental equipment to a subcontractor who failed to pay the full contract price. This action against the two defendants is authorized by ORS 279.536. The case was tried to the court without a…