United States v. American Surety Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
There is no need to state the details of the litigation involved in the case at bar. The question now presented is this: In distributing the proceeds of a bond given in accordance with the act of Congress of August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2523],- has the United States priority as against persons supplying labor and materials in the prosecution of the work?
*79In United States v. Heaton, 128 Fed. 414, 63 C. C. A. 156, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied priority, in an extended opinion, and in an earlier stage of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. HeatonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
- American Surety Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1903
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- New York Indemnity Co. v. NivenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
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