Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Maxwell v. Barrett
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Decided January 30, 1905No. 13,565PublishedCited by 5 opinions
At Daw. On separate demurrers of defendants to complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, District Judge.
In May, 1901, the defendant Barrett, then and now a citizen of California, contracted with the United States for the construction by him of a post office building at Oakland, Cal. To secure fulfillment of the covenants and conditions on his part, Barrett as principal, with the defendant company, a corporation of Maryland, as surety, executed a bond in the penal sum of $80,000, payable to the United States, the condition being:
“That whereas, the said Augustus E, Barrett has entered into a certain contract, hereunto attached, with L. J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury,…
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