United States v. Faircloth
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by the United States, to the use and benefit of the W. A. Pierce Company, against John G. Faircloth and another. From a judgment for defendants on demurrer, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCOY, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the appellees, whose demurrers to the amended declaration were sustained; the plaintiff electing to stand upon the declaration.
The action was brought against Faircloth, as principal, and the Indemnity Company, as surety, on a bond to the United States, given to secure the performance by Faircloth of a contract with the District of Columbia for the collection and disposal, during three years, of refuse from private residences in the District of Columbia. One clause of the contract provided for the removal of such miscellaneous refuse'…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Equitable Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. McMillanSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- American Surety Co. v. Lawrenceville Cement Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1901
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