Bankers' Surety Co. of Cleveland v. Maxwell
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynchburg; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Suit in equity against the Bankers’ Surety Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore. From a decree in favor of JS. D. Maxwell, intervener, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
In July, 1909, Cecil L. Saunders entered into a contract with the United States for the construction of a post office building at Clifton Forge, Va. The Bankers’ Surety Company became surety on his bond. Upon the completion of the building, some $8,000 or $10,000 of accounts for materials furnished the contractor remained unpaid, and suit was instituted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, against, Saunders, the Bankers’ Surety Company, and the Maryland Casualty. Company, the latter company having taken over the Bankers’…
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