United States Ex Rel. Industrial Instrument Corp. v. Paul Hardeman, Inc.

FISHER, District Judge.

This is a Miller Act suit in which the Use-Plaintiff Industrial Instrument Corporation (IIC), a supplier of equipment under Atlas missile contracts, brings suit against the general contractor, Paul Hardeman, Inc., its surety on the Miller Act payment bond, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, and the sub-contractor with whom IIC had a direct contractual relationship, CompuDyne Corporation. The dispute arose out of CompuDyne’» termination on September 21, 1960 of its-contract covering the purchase from IIC' of certain instruments for Atlas missile systems.

IIC contends that…