Peerless Casualty Company v. United States of America, for the Use and Benefit of Bangor Roofing and Sheet Metal Co.

HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the United States District Court for the District of Maine on April 27, 1956, in an action brought by the United States of America, for the use and benefit of Bangor Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, under the Miller Act, 49 Stat. 793 (1935), 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a-270d, ordering that plaintiff-appellee recover of the defendants-appellants the sum of $8,185.89 plus interest and costs.

This case arises out of a subcontract, executed on August 17, 1950, between Bangor Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, the plaintiff-appellee, and T.…