Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR' TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal labor and material act of February 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811, are stated in the opinion. The statute must be strictly construed as a mechanic’s lien statute and as such does not, as amended in 1905, inure to the benefit of subcontractors. The act as amended differs in this respect from the statute as construed in Hill v. Am.
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ERROR' TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal labor and material act of February 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811, are stated in the opinion. The statute must be strictly construed as a mechanic’s lien statute and as such does not, as amended in 1905, inure to the benefit of subcontractors. The act as amended differs in this respect from the statute as construed in Hill v. Am. Surety Co., 200 U. S. 197. No matter how meritorious his sérvice the statute does no't protect one who is not clearly within it. Phillips on Mech.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, wherein a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi in favor of the defendants in error was affirmed. The facts are: The Mankin Construction Company on February 27, 1905, enteréd into a contract with the Secretary of the Treasury for the-con struction of a certain post-office building in the city of Natchez, Mississippi, and gave bond under the act of February 24,1905, .(33 Stat. 811, c. 778), amending the act of August 13, 1894, (28 Stat. 278, c. 280). This bond…
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