Legal Opinion

Hardaway v. National Surety Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 4, 1909No. 44PublishedCited by 80 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day

• This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals' for the Sixth Circuit affirming a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky, whereby the appellants Hardaway and Prowell were denied the right to recover against'the appellee, the National Surety Company, as surety for the faithful performance of a' certain contract entered into on September 28, 1899, between the United States and a firm of contractors composed of James E. Willard, Charles L. Cornwell and Joseph Coyne, doing business as Willard & Cornwell. The contract was for the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Hardaway v. National Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907

3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Tri-State Employment Services, Inc. v. The Mountbatten Surety Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  3. United States ex rel. John Davis Co. v. Illinois Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
  4. Wasco Co. v. New England Equitable Ins.Oregon Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Kane v. First Nat. Bank of El Paso, Tex.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932

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