John A. Johnson & Sons, Inc. v. United States of America Ex Rel. L. C. Hammock, Trustee for Ross Construction Company

This rather complicated litigation between the appellant prime contractor and its sureties and the appellee subcontractor, plaintiff below, in an action brought by the United States for the use and benefit of its Trustee in Bankruptcy in reorganization under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 501 et seq., was tried in the United States District Court upon full and detailed testimony and exhibits relating to the several controversies involved.

In our opinion, the district court did not err, as insisted by appellant, in admitting oral testimony to explain the real agreement between…