Legal Opinion

Brogan v. National Surety Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 4, 1918No. 171PublishedCited by 139 opinions

The case is stated in the opinion. upon this question, distinguished Lybrandtv. Eberly, 36 Pa. St. 347; Bangs v. Berg, 82 Iowa, 350-353; Kollock v. Parcher, 52 Wisconsin, 393; and cited Giant Powder Co. v. Oregon Pacific By. Co., 42 Fed..Rep. 470; Sears v. Mahoney, 66 Fed. Rep. 860; Sica■ v. Kimpland, 93 Fed. Rep. 403; Bartlett v. U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 231 U. S. 237; s. c., 189 Fed. Rép. 339; Samuel Hastings Co. v. Lowrence, 236 Fed.

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The case is stated in the opinion. upon this question, distinguished Lybrandtv. Eberly, 36 Pa. St. 347; Bangs v. Berg, 82 Iowa, 350-353; Kollock v. Parcher, 52 Wisconsin, 393; and cited Giant Powder Co. v. Oregon Pacific By. Co., 42 Fed..Rep. 470; Sears v. Mahoney, 66 Fed. Rep. 860; Sica■ v. Kimpland, 93 Fed. Rep. 403; Bartlett v. U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 231 U. S. 237; s. c., 189 Fed. Rép. 339; Samuel Hastings Co. v. Lowrence, 236 Fed. Rep. 1006; Carson & Co. V. Shelton, 128 Kentucky, 248; Ferguson v. Despo, 8 Ind. App. 523; Parkinson v. Alexander, 37 Kansas, 110; Dudley v. Toledo A.…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis

This is an action against the surety on a bond given under the Act of August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, as amended by the Act of February 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811. The claim of Brogan, an intervening petitioner, was allowed by the District Court; but the judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals and judgment entered against him upon the undisputed facts (228 Fed. Rep. 577). The case comes here on writ of error under § 241 of the Judicial Code.

The facts undisputed or as found by the lower court and accepted by the Court of Appeals were these: The Standard Contracting…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Illinois Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. PeelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Title Guaranty & Trust Co. of Scranton v. Crane Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Keokee Consolidated Coke Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by139 opinions

  1. Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. American Surety Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Glassell-Taylor Co. v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  4. United States of America for the Use and Benefit of J. P. Byrne & Co., Inc. v. Fire Association of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
  5. Southern Const. Co. v. HalliburtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1923

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