Legal Opinion
Lee E. Morris, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1955No. Nos. 4988, 4989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
The United States brought this action on behalf of Roberts against Lee E. Morris, Inc.,1 and Pacific National Fife Insurance Company2 under the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270b, to recover a balance alleged to be due under a subcontract entered into between Roberts and Morris.
On January 29, 1953, Morris entered into a written contract with the United States to furnish materials and perform the work for the construction and completion of miscellaneous alterations and repairs in the United States Post Office and Court House, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the sum of $73,800. On…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Pacific Portland Cement Co. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Ryan v. OhmesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- White Star Bus Line, Inc. v. Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935
- Union Paving Co. v. United States ex rel. Soule Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lee E. Morris, Inc., and Pacific National Fire Insurance Company v. United States of America, for the Use and Benefit and on Behalf of James E. Roberts, United States of America, for the Use and Benefit and on Behalf of James E. Roberts, Cross-Appellant v. Lee E. Morris, Inc., and Pacific National Fire Insurance Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955