Equitable Surety Co. v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Action by the Board of Commissioners of the Muddy Bottom Swamp Land District No. 1, Tippah County, Miss., against the Equitable Surety Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment in favor of the defendant in error, plaintiff in the District Court, against the plaintiff in error, which was defendant in that court, upon two *775surety bonds, executed by it as surety, payable to the defendant in error, and conditioned to secure the faithful performance of a contract entered into between the defendant in error and the Delta Drainage. Company, which was the principal, for the cutting of a drainage canal. The case has been heretofore twice before this court. On the first trial the defendant in error obtained a judgment…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- County of Cass v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Moses v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Davenport v. County of DodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Tyler v. HandSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Equitable Surety Co. v. Board of Com'rs of Muddy Bottom Swamp Land Dist. No. 1Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1916
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Royal Oak Drain Dist., Oakland County, Mich. v. KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- United States Ex Rel. Vigilanti v. Pfeiffer-Neumeyer Const. Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1938
- Shaw v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
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