United States ex rel. Samuel Hastings Co. v. Lowrance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Action by the United States of America, for the use of the Samuel Hastings Company, against W. T. Eowrance and others, composing the firm of W. T. & E. M. Eowrance & Co., and others. To review a judgment (236 Eed. 1006) sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This is an action upon the bond of a contractor for prompt payment “to all persons supplying labor and materials in the prosecution” of a public work. Act Aug. 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, amended by Act Feb. 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811. The contract was for the construction of a levee along the Mississippi river in Eastern Arkansas. The complaint stated that a subcontractor for a part of the work necessarily used a large number of horses and mules in hauling and dumping earth for the embankment, and that the claimant’s demand was for hay, grain, salt, and feed…
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