Legal Opinion
United States v. Hercules Co.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 10, 1931No. 504PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
The plaintiff brought this action upon a bond given to it in pursuance of the Act of Aug. 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, as amended by Act Feb. 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811 (40 USCA § 270). The principal obligor in the bond and its sureties are the defendants. Under the contract, dated May 28, 1925, the Hercules Company, Limited, the contractor, for a stated consideration, agreed to “furnish all the neeessary labor, plant, and material,” and to do certain public levee work in the White River district in the state of Arkansas. The bond guaranteed the timely and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Fleischmann Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. ForsbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Brogan v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Clarence L. Boyd Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- United States ex rel. Galliher & Huguely, Inc. v. James Baird Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
- United States v. Hercules Co.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1931
- United States v. John A. Johnson & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- United States v. John Johnson & Sons, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
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