Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 5, 1934No. 239PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
The controversy hinges upon the validity of a statute of Mississippi whereby the bond of a contractor guaranteeing to an owner the faithful performance of a contract for the construction of a building shall inure- to the benefit of persons furnishing material or labor, and this though' the bond expresses an intention to exclude them.
The statute challenged by the appellants was enacted in March 1918, and is framed for the protection of subcontractors, materialmen, laborers and journeymen who have had a part in the making of buildings or of structures akin thereto. Laws of 1918, c. 128;…
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