Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Sherman v. Carter Constr. Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 29, 1957No. 48PublishedCited by 312 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
This case concerns the extent of the liability of the surety on a payment bond furnished by a contractor, as required by the Miller Act, for the protection of persons supplying labor for the construction of federal public buildings. The collective-bargaining contract under which the laborers were hired obligated the contractor to pay them wages at specified rates and, in addition, to pay 7% cents per hour of their labor to the trustees of a health and welfare fund established for their benefit and that of other construction workers. When the contractor failed to pay in full the required…
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