United States ex rel. Gillioz v. John Kerns Const. Co.

(after stating the facts).

The right of action and the jurisdiction of this Court in this case are conferred by a federal statute, but the construction of the federal statute is not involved, nor is the United States a real party in interest; hence the questions of substantive law arising herein are controlled by the laws of the State of Arkansas, which are both lex loci contractus and lex fori. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188, 114 A.L.R. 1487, and cases following that decision. Even though the parties must rely upon a federal statute for their remedies, this…