Maryland Casualty Co. v. United States

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought to the use of E. R. Heyward, a sub-contractor under a government contract for the erection of a court house at Columbia, South Carolina, against James I. Barnes, the principal contractor, and the Maryland Casualty Company, as surety, to recover the sum of $1324.29 with interest, as the balance due to the sub-contractor for plumbing and heating fixtures *785installed under the contract. The suit was filed under the Hurd Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270, and was prosecuted on behalf of Hey-ward and of such other creditors of the contractor as might intervene. G. A.…