Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1937No. 8236PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The suit was at law, brought by the United States, for the use of Clarksdale Machinery Company, on the bond of L. A. Wilson & Co., contractors to build a certain levee near the Mississippi river, Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company being the surety. The bond, pursuant to 40 U.S.C.A. § 270, contained the additional obligation that the contractor “shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him * * * with labor and materials in the prosecution of the work.” Clarksdale Machinery Company was alleged to have supplied materials ' consisting of some 50,000…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Brogan v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Title Guaranty & Trust Co. of Scranton v. Crane Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States Ex Rel. BartlettSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Susi Contracting Co. v. Zara Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- United States of America for the Use and Benefit of J. P. Byrne & Co., Inc. v. Fire Association of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- United States of America for and on Behalf of Mississippi Road Supply Co. v. H. R. Morgan, Inc. And U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Clarence L. Boyd Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. HewesMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
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