National Surety Co. v. Lincoln County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Action by the County of Lincoln, Montana, against the National Surety Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error entered into a contract with the Coast Bridge Company, whereby the latter was to construct á bridge across the Kootenai river at Rexford, Mont., a swift mountain stream more than 400 feet wide. The bridge was to be for highway purposes, to be 18 feet in floor width, to consist of two spans each 220 feet long, supported, by a central pier. The bridge company agreed to provide all material and labor and to build the bridge in a good, workmanlike, and substantial manner, “so as to make it a perfect bridge, according to the plans and specifications.”…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Atlantic Trust & Deposit Co. v. Town of LaurinburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
- American Bonding Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
- Dunsmuir v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- New York Life Ins. v. DunlevyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
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- United States Building & Loan Ass'n v. BurnsMontana Supreme Court · 1931
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