Citizens National Bank of Orlando and West Construction Company v. K. H. Vitt

JONES, Circuit Judge:

The United States Air Force contracted with K. H. Vitt, V. O. Stringfellow and Burl Johnson, partners or joint venturers doing business as Stringfellow Amarillo Associates, herein called Stringfellow, for the construction of a housing project at the Amarillo, Texas, Air Force Base under the Capehart Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1594 et seq. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, and General Reinsurance Corporation of New York, became sureties on Stringfellow’s performance and payment bonds.

Stringfellow and West Construction Company, a Florida corporation, entered into…