Legal Opinion
Scranton School District v. Casualty & Surety Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 5, 1930No. Appeal 26PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Baldrige, J.,
The Scranton School District entered into a written contract, dated July 12, 1927, with the James P. Butterly Steam and Power Equipment Company for the erection and construction of a steam heating plant in one of its public schools.
By virtue of the Act of Assembly, approved May 6, 1925, P. L. 546, the School District required the Butterly Company to furnish a surety bond for the protection of labor and materialmen. The bond was furnished, bearing date July 12, 1927.
Warren, Webster and Company, the use plaintiff, brought this action in assumpsit, based on the bond, to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCordSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- City of St. Louis ex rel. Glencoe Lime & Cement Co. v. Von PhulSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Erie v. DiefendorfSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Corona Coal & Coke Co. v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Shafer v. SensemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Barati v. M.S.I. Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Elizabethtown Borough v. Savastio Construction, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1968
- Elizabethtown Borough v. Savastio Construction, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1970
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