Legal Opinion
U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Bank of Brewton
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided August 5, 1933PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, District Judge.
The Gillis Bros. Construction Company had a contract with the state of Alabama to build three road projects. The complainant signed the bond of the construction company to the state guaranteeing the completion of one of these projects, namely S-90 and payment of the bills. The Bank of Brewton, respondent, advanced money to finance the three projects, taking assignments from the construction company of all sums payable to it by the state from all those projects and containing a power of attorney to indorse the name of the construction company on all of the pay cheeks…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Labbe v. BernardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Cox v. New England Equitable Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Chouteau Trust Co. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
- Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Chouteau Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- National Surety Corp. v. State National Bank of FrankfortCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Harvard Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Stewart-Warner Corp. v. StaleyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
- Jackson Lumber Co. v. MoseleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
- East End Bank v. Joseph A. Childress, Joseph A. Childress v. East End BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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