United States ex rel. Hollinger v. Stannard
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Suit by the United States, to the use of J. A. Hollinger, against Am-brose B. Stannard and others, in which the Vermont Marble Company intervened. On rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
Suit is here brought under the provisions of Act Feb. 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 948j, which extend to parties who have furnished material used in the construction of a government building the protection afforded by the bond given to the government by the contractor at the inception of the contract.
The contract was entered into under date of November 28, 1910, between the United States of America and Ambrose B. Stannard for the construction of a United States post office building in the borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which the…
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