Case Name: CINCINNATI BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. v. GRAN
Court: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-11-07
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 835
Docket Number: No. 184703
Parties: CINCINNATI BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. v. GRAN
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 835–835

Head Matter:
CINCINNATI BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. v. GRAN
Hamilton Common Pleas
No. 184703.
Decided Nov. 7, 1023
301. PRINCIPAL AND SURETY.
Court will presume if possible that a contractor’s bond to the county is executed in compliance with statute. .
Attorneys — P. E. Wood and E. M. Powers, for Builders Supply Co ; Dol’e, Taylor, O’Donnell & Ceiskr, for Gran.

Opinion:
MATTHEWS, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Gran entered into a contract with the County .Commissioners' to furnish certain work and material in improving a road. Sullivan and Henkel c x". cuted a bond as sureties for Gran. The bond provides that if Gran shall perform the terms of the cont: act, the obligation shall be void. The contract provided that Gran should furnish all necessary labor and material. Builders Supply Co. furn'shed material' to Gran for this work and this action is to recover the contract price of this material against Gran as principal' and Sullivan and Henkel as sureties: By, statute, commissioners are required, subject to fine, to exact a bond protecting laborers and material men. In overruling the demurrer to the petition, the court held;
1. A contractor's bond, when possible, will be presumed to have been executed in compliance with the statute requiring the protection of laborers and material man. The language of this bond is susceptible of th's construction, 100 OS. 373.