Legal Opinion
LANCE ROOFING COMPANY v. Bd. of Education
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 24, 1975No. 30168PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
We granted certiorari to decide the question of whether a board of education is a "public board or body” within the meaning of Code Ann. §§ 23-1705 through 23-1709 and therefore liable to suit as such board of education if it fails to comply with the statutory requirements for payment bonds on public work contracts.
The Board of Education of Gwinnett County entered into a contract with a general contractor for an addition to a school building. Lance Roofing Company was a subcontractor of the general contractor. When the general contractor failed to pay Lance Roofing, it filed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mattox v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Ty Ty Consolidated School District v. Colquitt Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Parker v. Bd. of Ed. of Sumter CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Wrightsville Consolidated School District v. Selig Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Board of Education v. United SupplyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Pascoe Steel Corp. v. Turner County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Hall County School District v. C. Robert Beals & Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Pascoe Steel Corp. v. Turner County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Consolidated Elec. Supply, Inc. v. BISHOP CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Lance Roofing Co. v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976