Legal Opinion
Colonial Oil Co. v. United States Guarantee Co.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided July 24, 1944No. 95PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOVETT, District Judge.
This is an action against the surety on a statutory highway contractor’s, bond to recover the balance due for gasoline and other petroleum products furnished by the plaintiff to F. M. Jones and Leo T. Barber, co-contractors, on the order of F. M. Jones. The bond was furnished under the provisions of Ga.Code of 1933, § 23-1704 et seq., and includes the obligation to pay “all just claims for work, tools, machinery, skill and materials furnished by persons under, or for the purpose of, such contract.”
The first defense is in the nature of a general demurrer. It is that the…
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- R. P. Farnsworth & Co. v. Electrical Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Williams v. Willingham-Tift Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Yancey Bros. v. American Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. Fulton Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
- Whitley v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
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