If such undertaking be approved before any suit brought, such suit shall be a suit in equity against the owner, to which the sureties may be made parties; if the undertaking be approved after suit brought, the said sureties shall ipso facto become parties to the suit, and in either case the decree of the court shall be against the sureties as well as the owner.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1387, ch. 854, § 1256.)
1981 Ed., § 38-120.
1973 Ed., § 38-120.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 3 - Mechanics, Materialmen, and Contractors
Subchapter II - Subcontractor’s Lien
§ 40–303.01. Subcontractor’s lien — generally
§ 40–303.02. Conditions and limitations
§ 40–303.05. Subcontractor entitled to know terms of contract
§ 40–303.08. How lien enforced
§ 40–303.10. Subcontractor preferred to contractor
§ 40–303.11. Distribution of sale proceeds
§ 40–303.12. Several buildings
§ 40–303.13. When suit to be commenced
§ 40–303.14. Extent of land bound by lien
§ 40–303.15. Entry of satisfaction
§ 40–303.16. Payment into court and release
§ 40–303.16a. Effect of failure to file notice. [Repealed]
§ 40–303.17. Undertaking to discharge liens before suit
§ 40–303.18. Decree against sureties
§ 40–303.19. No action by subcontractor against owner