Legal Opinion
Fort Worth Independent School Dist. v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1931No. 5962PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
The /Etna Casualty & Surety Company (hereinafter called surety company)'brought this suit in equity to recover of the Fort Worth independent school district (hereinafter called school district) the sum of $41,-985, alleging that, as surety upon the bond of H. K. Muse, contractor, for the erection of a school building of the school district, it had been compelled to pay to laborers and material men the said amount; that the school district had wrongfully turned over to the contractor funds which should have been applied to the satisfaction of said claims; that, under…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Gordon v. GilfoilSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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