JOSEPH J. HOCK v. BALTO. CONTRACTORS

[No. 29, September Term, 1968.]

252 Md. 61 (1969)

249 A.2d 135

JOSEPH J. HOCK, INC. v. BALTIMORE CONTRACTORS, INC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delverne A. Dressel, with whom was Earl K. Wellschlager on the brief, for appellant.

J. Hardin Marion, with whom were Lee M. Miller and Tydings and Rosenberg on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, BARNES, FINAN and SINGLEY, JJ.


SINGLEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Chapter 10 of the Laws of 1959 repealed and re-enacted Maryland Code (1957) Art. 90, § 11 (the Act) which requires principal contractors to provide performance and payment bonds on all contracts for public work which exceed $5,000 in amount in order to protect subcontractors and materialmen.

Subsection (c) of the Act permits persons who have furnished labor and material to sue on the payment bond if they...

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