Legal Opinion
Peerless Casualty Company v. Housing Authority of the City of Hazelhurst, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1955No. 15684PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Peerless Casualty Company, is a New Hampshire corporation qualified to do and doing business in Georgia. We will sometimes refer to it as the surety. The appellee, Housing Authority of the City of Hazelhurst, Georgia, is a public body corporate under the laws of Georgia. We shall refer to it as the Authority. Jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship.
The Authority invited bids for the construction of two housing projects. The invitation for bids contained the following provision:
“A certified check or bank draft, payable to the Housing Authority of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Prince v. FriedmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Bailey v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Phillips v. SolomonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- McCullough v. KirbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. GortatowskySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Paul Sardella Construction Co. v. Braintree Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Hester v. New Amsterdam Casualty CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1967
- Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. v. B. L. Allen, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1980
- Alaska International Construction, Inc. v. Earth Movers of Fairbanks, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Edmund J. Flynn Company v. SchlosserDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
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