Legal Opinion
Glades County, Fla. v. Detroit Fidelity & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1932No. 6441PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Marshall-Jackson Company contracted with Glades county, Fla., to build a courthouse, with Detroit Fidelity & Surety Company, as surety on its bond. The county failed to pay when due certain sums owing to the contractor, he terminated the contract, and becoming, bankrupt left a number of debts to materialmen unpaid. The surety eompany filed a bill in the District Court in which the bankruptcy case was pending to have the sum owed by the county accounted for and paid to the materialmen in exoneration of the bond, making the trustee in bankruptcy a party by consent of his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Walker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Chicago v. SheldonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. BraySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Kelleam v. Maryland Casualty Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ace Electric Supply Co. v. Terra Nova Electric, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- Admiral Oriental Line v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Kelleam v. Maryland Casualty Co. of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
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