Legal Opinion

Maryland Casualty Co. v. Portland Const. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 18, 1934No. 316PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff is a surety company which on April 26, 1923', executed a bond to the defendant, the Village of Bennington, Vermont, to secure the performance by the defendant, Portland Construction Company, of a contract to lay a pavement and sower in a street of the village. The condition of the bond among other things was as follows: That the contractor “shall in all respects comply with the terms of the contract * * ■' and in a manner satisfactory to the Village of Bennington complete the work contracted for, and shall save harmless the Village of Bennington from any…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Brogan v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  4. Equitable Surety Co. v. United States Ex Rel. McMillanSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Getchell & Martin Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Peterson & SampsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Continental Casualty Co. v. Clarence L. Boyd Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  2. Minidoka County Ex Rel. Detweiler Bros. v. KriegerIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Wilmington Housing Authority v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MarylandSupreme Court of Delaware · 1946
  4. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. v. MaxwellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
  5. Minidoka County Ex Rel. Detweiler Bros. v. KriegerIdaho Supreme Court · 1965

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