Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR' THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action originally begun in the Circuit Court for the District of Colorado by the United States, for the use and benefit of the Golden Pressed and Fire Brick Company, (hereinafter- called the Brick Company,) against John A. McIntyre and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, (hereinafter termed the Guaranty Company,) upon a bond executed April 11, 1898, in pursuance of an act of…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR' THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action originally begun in the Circuit Court for the District of Colorado by the United States, for the use and benefit of the Golden Pressed and Fire Brick Company, (hereinafter- called the Brick Company,) against John A. McIntyre and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, (hereinafter termed the Guaranty Company,) upon a bond executed April 11, 1898, in pursuance of an act of Congress of August 13, 1894, 28 Stat. 278, c. 280, to secure the performance of a contract theretofore entered into by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This bond was givén in pursuance of the act of 1894, 28 Stat. 278, c.' 280, “for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works.” The act requires, in substance, that persons contracting with-the TJnitéd States for the construction of any public building, etc., shall be required, before commencing such work, to execute the usual'penal bond, “with the additional obligations that such contractor or contractors shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them with labor and materials in the prosecution of- the work provided for in…
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