United States Ex Rel. Western Steel Union Co. v. Reliance Insurance Co. of Philadelphia

EAST, District Judge. *

In this Miller Act (§§ 1, 4, Title 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a, 270d) action the use plaintiff has recovered over the contest of the defendant a judgment for the unpaid contract price of material furnished the general contractor, and the defendant now contests the right of the use plaintiff to recover additional sums as reasonable compensation for attorneys who instituted and prosecuted the proceedings through trial successful to the use plaintiff. The Court having received counsel’s advice through written brief on this segregated issue of the right to recover attorney’s fees…