Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Harlan & Hollingsworth
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ■THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The. facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Circuit. Court of actions brought on contractors’ bonds únder the act of August 13, 1894, and the construction of the act amendatory thereof of February 24, 1905, are stated in. the opinion.' The act of, February 24, 1905, governs the remedy of the plaintiff for having furnished material for the construction of a public work.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ■THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The. facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Circuit. Court of actions brought on contractors’ bonds únder the act of August 13, 1894, and the construction of the act amendatory thereof of February 24, 1905, are stated in. the opinion.' The act of, February 24, 1905, governs the remedy of the plaintiff for having furnished material for the construction of a public work. By its terms this act went into immediate effect at the time it was passed, and provides for an omnibus action to be prosecuted in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
This is an action upon a contractor’s bond executed on May 24, 1904, under the provisions of the act of Congress of August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, entitled “An Act, for the protection of persons furnishing material and labor for the construction of public works.” The question for decision is whether the court below had jurisdiction of the cause.
The bond; was executed by the Surety Company in connection with a contract entered into by the Scofield Company with the United States for the erection of a dry-dock at the League Island Navy Yard. The Harlan & Hollingsworth corporation took…
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