Title Guaranty & Trust Co. of Scranton v. Crane Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of the materialmen’s act of August 13,1894, as amended by the act of February 24, 1905, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of the materialmen’s act of August 13,1894, as amended by the act of February 24, 1905, are stated in the opinion. The purpose of Congress in the passage of the act of August 13, 1894, 28 Stat. 278, as amended February 24, 1905, 33 Stat. 811, was to protect, first, the United States, and, second, to protect laborers and materialmen, who had no right of lien by reason of the building or work being upon the property of or belonging to the sovereign, by giving to them a right of action on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action brought under the Act of August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, as amended by .the Act of February 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811, upon a bond given to the United Slates as required by that act. The contract to secure which the bond was given was a contract by the Puget Sound Engine. Works to build and deliver a single screw wooden steamer for the United States, and the main question in-the case is whether the statute applies to a contract for such a chattel. If not, parties like the plaintiffs, who furnished labor or materials for the work, have no standing to maintain the…
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- Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. Puget Sound Engine WorksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
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