Legal Opinion

Continental Bank & Trust Co. v. American Bonding Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 29, 1979No. 78-1894PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant American Bonding Company (American, the surety) denies liability on five performance bonds which it executed in May 1973 in connection with a land development project, Leisure Lake Subdivision, in Callaway County, Missouri. The bonds guaranteed the performance by Systems Leisure Properties, Inc. (Systems, the principal) of obligations Systems had undertaken in five construction contracts to complete specified improvements on the project. The improvements were not completed, and plaintiff, Continental Bank & Trust Company (Continental, the bank), one of the named…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Simler v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Trixler Brokerage Company, a California Corporation v. Ralston Purina Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  3. Bloom v. BenderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Curtis v. TozerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
  5. Burger v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States of America on Behalf and for the Benefit of Army Athletic Association and Naval Academy Athletic Association v. Reliance Insurance Company, Reliance Insurance Company, Third-Party-Plaintiff v. Army-Navy '83 Foundation, a California Non-Profit Corporation Robert H. Finch, an Individual and Rolfe G. Arnhym, an Individual, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
  2. Old Republic Insurance v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 1986
  3. United States ex rel. Army Athletic Ass'n v. Reliance InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  4. United States v. Minnesota Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  5. Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. BarlowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987

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