Legal Opinion
United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corp. Ex Rel. United States v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 18, 1938No. 6960PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
The United States Shipping Board 1 brought this action in the court below against the ¿Etna Casualty & Surety Company upon a bond dated January 27, 1920. Sigsbee Humphrey & Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Sigsbee), was the principal obligor; the .¿Etna Company the surety.
The case was tried without a jury. The trial judge made certain findings of fact and conclusions of law, as -the result of which he gave judgment for the surety.
The bond contains these recitals and conditions :
“Whereas, the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation has entered into an agreement with…
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