Legal Opinion

In re People

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1920Published

Claim by the United States government against the superintendent of insurance of the state of New York liquidating the business of a surety company.

1Opinion of the Court

Frederick C. Tanner, Referee.

This is a claim for $9,772.13 made by the United States government against the superintendent of insurance of the state of New York, liquidating the business of the Empire State Surety Company, a domestic corporation.

On August 15, 1908, the United States entered into a contract with one H. K. Luce and the Standard Building Company for the construction of part of the Sulphur Creek Wasteway, a reclamation project conducted by the Federal government in the state of Washington. The Empire State Surety Company, *746by its bond dated August 17, 1909, bound itself to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. . Metropolitan Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Matter of Empire State Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. City of New York v. Illinois Surety Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  4. In re the PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  5. Hartigan v. Casualty Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917

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