Legal Opinion
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated v. Continental Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 7, 1955No. 156, Docket 23179PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
The Bennett-Stewart Co., Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the prime contractor) was awarded a contract by the United States Government to construct a radar station at St. Albans, Vermont, and gave the “performance bond” and the “payment bond” required by the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a, 270b. 1 The prime contractor entered into a subcontract with R. F. Carpenter, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the subcontractor) for road and parking area construction work around the radar station. Obviously having in mind its liabilities under the Miller Act to the subcontractor’s…
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- The Eastern Steel Company v. . Globe Indemnity CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
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