Legal Opinion
United States v. Morris
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided December 16, 1918No. 6833PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the United States against Ernest Morris and others. On motions to dismiss and to strike.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
A proper understanding of the purpose of the bill may be more readily obtained by a statement of the material facts involved in the controversy. In 1904 the Taylor-Moore Construction Company, a corporation, made a contract with the plaintiff to construct to completion the Gunnison Tunnel, which was to be a part of the plaintiffs Uncompahgre Valley irrigation project, in Montrose county. On the making of the contract the plaintiff took from the Construction Company a bond, conditioned in accordance with the terms of the Act of August 13, 1894 (28 Stat. 278). The bond,…
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- American Surety Co. of New York v. Lawrenceville Cement Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1899
- United States v. American Surety Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1905
- United States v. American Surety Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1903
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