Legal Opinion
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1933No. 6973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment against the appellant surety company in an action brought against it by certain material-men and labor claimants, in the name of the United States, on a contractor’s bond. The action was brought under the Materialmen’s Act, also known as the Hurd Act (40 USCA § 270). The ease was tried before the court without a jury.
Appellant was the surety on a bond of one Rhivers, who had contracted, under date of June 16, 1926, with the United States Department of Agriculture for the improvement of a road in the Sawtooth National Forest, State of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCordSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Illinois Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. PeelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States Ex Rel. Alexander Bryant Co. v. New York Steam Fitting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. StarrCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Robinson v. United States ex rel. Brown-Ketcham Iron WorksCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. DahmSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- United States ex rel. F. B. Spear & Sons v. Arthur Storm Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
- United States ex rel. Genesee Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Fleisher Engineering & Construction Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1942
- Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934