Stitzer v. United States ex rel. Vaughans
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Action by the United States, to the use of William E. Vaughan, against James Herbert Stitzer and the Title Guaranty & Surety Company. Judgment for the use plaintiff (179 Fed. 567), and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
CROSS, District Judge.
The suit below was instituted in the name of the'United States, to the use of William E. Vaughan, against James Herbert Stitzer and the Title Guaranty & Surety Company, to recover upon a bond given under the act of Congress approved August 13, 1894 (chapter' 280, 28 Stat. 278 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2523]), as amended by an act approved February 24, 1905 (chapter 778, 33 Stat. 811 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 948]).
On September 19, 1908, Stitzer entered into a written contract with tlie United States to do certain work at Ft. Mifflin, Pa. On the same-day Stitzer, as…
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