POORVU CONSTR. CO. INC. v. NELSON ELECTRICAL CO. INC.


335 Mass. 545 (1957)

140 N.E.2d 891

POORVU CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. vs. NELSON ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Abrams, (Robert T. Abrams with him,) for the plaintiff & (Jarvis Hunt, amicus curiae, with him).

Patrick F. Shanahan, for the defendants (Joseph M. Corwin, amicus curiae, with him).

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

The plaintiff is a contractor who was awarded the general contract for the construction of a school building in the town of Lynnfield. Each of the defendants was named in the plaintiff's bid, under item 2 of the bid, as a subcontractor, each for a specified part of the work, and was approved as a subcontractor by the town. The bids were submitted to the town in accordance with G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 149, §§ 44A-44C, inclusive, as appearing in St....

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