Legal Opinion
Southern Surety Co. v. Slayton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1930No. 5525PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Suit by appellee against appellant, a compensated surety upon a surety bond, to recover damages alleged to have been sus- .tained by reason of the failure of Harty & Co., the principal in the bond, to perform its obligations to appellee under a subcontract. Appellee W. L. Slayton, doing business as W. L. Slayton & Co., was a bond buyer and interested in the purchase of Florida drainage district bonds. Harty & Co. was a partnership composed of A. J. Harty, R. R. Lewis, and A. F. Wineman, and was engaged in digging drainage ditches in Florida by contract. In 1925 business…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Armstrong v. TolerSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Guerini Stone Co. v. P. J. Carlin Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- National Surety Co. v. LongCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Dent v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Community Bldg. Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
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- Union Indemnity Co. v. Blumenfeld Ice & Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933