Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 1294. Bond for use of labor and materialmen; right to sue on bond

Whenever the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by or through any department or agency thereof, or any municipality therein, shall require any person, co-partnership, association, or corporation, entering into a contract with such department, agency, or municipality for any public work or improvement, to execute and deliver to such department, agency, or municipality an additional bond, as required by law, conditioned for the payment of material furnished and labor supplied or performed in the prosecution of any such public work or improvement, then, in such event, every person, co-partnership, association, or corporation who, whether as subcontractor or otherwise, has furnished material or supplied or performed labor in the prosecution of any such public work or improvement, whether or not the said material or labor enter into and become component parts of the work or improvement contemplated, and who has not been paid therefor, shall have the right to sue in assumpsit on said additional bond, in the name of the Commonwealth where the said contract has been entered into with any department or agency thereof, and in the name of the municipality where the said contract has been entered into with such municipality, for his, their, or its use, and to prosecute the same to final judgment, for such sum or sums as may be justly due him, them, or it and to have execution thereon: Provided, however, That such department, agency, or municipality shall not be liable for the payment of any costs or expenses of any suit.