Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. National Regulator Co. v. Montgomery Heating & Ventilating Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1919No. 3269PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Wm. T. Newman, Judge. Suit by the United States, for the use of the National Regulator Company, against the Montgomery Heating & Ventilating Company and another. Decree for defendants, and the use plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
The action was brought under Act Aug. 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, as amended February 24, 1905 (33 Stat. 811, c. 778 [Comp. St. § 6923]). The act provides that:
“Hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work, or for repairs on any public building or public work, shall be required before commencing such work to execute the signal penal bond with good and sufficient securities with the additional obligation that such contractor or…
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