Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. Puget Sound Engine Works
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from and in Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. This action was brought in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Washington in the name of United States of America, for the use and benefit of Crane Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against the Puget Sound Engine Works, incorporated, and the Title Guaranty & Trust Company of Scranton, Pa., a corporation, defendants.
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Appeal from and in Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. This action was brought in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Washington in the name of United States of America, for the use and benefit of Crane Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against the Puget Sound Engine Works, incorporated, and the Title Guaranty & Trust Company of Scranton, Pa., a corporation, defendants. The substance of tho complaint is that about February 17, 1905, the Puget Sound Engine Works made a written contract with Capt. Grant, of…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The rulings of the court below were, in effect, that, under the terms of the contract entered into, the vessel was a “public work” within the provisions of the statute entitled “An act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works,” approved August 13,1894 (28 Stat. 278, c. 280 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2523]), as amended by Act Feb. 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 709). The act of 1894 provides:
“That hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- American Surety Co. v. Lawrenceville Cement Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1901
- United States ex rel. Anniston Pipe & Foundry Co. v. National Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- United States, ex rel. Fidelity Nat. Bank v. RundleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Title Guaranty & Trust Co. of Scranton v. Crane Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Benson Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1931
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- United States v. Seaboard Surety Co.District Court, D. Montana · 1938
- Kidd v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
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