Legal Opinion
Munsey Trust Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 7, 1946No. 46251PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON, Judge.
The question presented for determination in this case involves the legal and equitable rights of the Government and the surety on certain Government contracts who paid certain amounts for labor and material claims under its payment bonds given in connection with such contracts, in a certain portion of the total of the balances in the hands of the Government and remaining due under said contracts upon completion and acceptance of the work called for by such contracts.
In May and July, 1940, the Federal Contracting Corporation, a New York corporation, entered into six contracts…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Henningsen v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Seminole Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Illinois Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. PeelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. Norwegian Barque TheklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by8 opinions
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