Legal Opinion

Southern Paving Const. Co. v. City of Knoxville

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 2, 1917No. 2968PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Suit by the City of Knoxville, Tenn., against the Southern Paving Construction Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The city of Knoxville commenced suit in the chancery court of Knox county, Tenn., December 30, 1913, against the Southern Paving Construction Company, a West Virginia corporation having its principal office in Chattanooga,. and the Ætna Indemnity Company, of Hartford, Conn., as surety of the paving company, to recover upon a guaranty which the latter had given to the city, *422to keep one of its paving districts in repair for a certain number of years. February 3, 1914, on petition of both defendant companies, the cause was removed to and docketed on the equity side of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. United States v. Congress Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n v. Cleveland Woolen MillsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  4. Carlisle v. CowanTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co. v. LawsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cartmell v. Mechanics' Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934

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