Legal Opinion
Pickens County v. National Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1926No. 2479PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted to recover on two bonds, in the sum of $8,500 and $28,590, respectively, executed by the National Surety Company, to guarantee the performance by J. B. Ross, Jr., of two contracts for road construction entered into by him with Pickens county, S. C. At the conclusion of the evidence the District Judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant surety company, and the correctness of this ruling is the only point presented by the assignments of error. The county was the plaintiff in the court below, and tbe surety company was defendant, and they…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Guerini Stone Co. v. P. J. Carlin Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Atlantic Trust & Deposit Co. v. Town of LaurinburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Pasquel v. OwenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Ramada Development Company, a Corporation v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Standard Acc. Ins. Co. v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Ohio River Gravel Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
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