United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Robert Grace Contracting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western-District of Pennsylvania; Charles P. Orr, Judge. Action at law by the Robert Grace Contracting Company against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, Circuit Judge.
[1] The defendant in error (hereinafter-called the Contracting Company) brought suit in the court below against the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the Surety Company), and. recovered a judgment, a reversal of which is sought by this writ of error. The general facts, which it is necessary to recite in order that the questions in controversy may be understood, may be briefly summarized as follows:
In August, 1914, the “county court of Mercer county,” W. Va., entered into a. contract with the Curtis-Ward Company, a contracting concern, for the construction of certain…
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