Graham & the Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment obtained by the United States against a contractor and surety for failure to perform, áre stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action upon a bond against a contractor and his surety, for breach of a contract made under the act of March 3,1903, c. 1007, 32 Stat. 1083, 1102, with Green, Superintendent of Construction, acting under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the United States, party of the first part, which the bond was given to secure. The contractor, Graham, agreed to “transport from the quarry, cut, box and deliver complete, all of the Bethel granite, to be furnished by the party of the first part free on board cars at the quarry at Bethel, Vermont, required for” a part…
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