Ottinger v. United States

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

E. C. Ottinger, doing business as Ot-tinger Construction Company, held a prime- contract with the United States for the construction of thirty-seven powder magazines and the necessary roads, railroads, loading docks, and related work upon the premises of the United-States Naval Ammunition Depot in Mc-Alester, Oklahoma. This action was brought for the use and benefit of C. W. Brown, a subcontractor, under the provisions of the Miller Act1 against the prime contractor and his bondsman, Standard Accident Insurance Company, to recover $16,116.72, which was the balance…