Continental Casualty Company v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Continental Casualty Company, wrote payment and performance bonds as surety for Pennsylvania Drydock and Shipbuilding Co., Inc., on contracts which the latter company had with the United States. Pennsylvania Drydock went into bankruptcy leaving unpaid bills incurred in its performance of the contracts. The plaintiff paid those bills pursuant to its obligation on its bonds. The United States has not paid Pennsylvania Drydock all that that company was entitled to under its contracts.

The plaintiff brought this suit against the United States alleging that it had paid…