Peterson v. United States Ex Rel. Marsh Lumber Co.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Heard Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270. Appellants are the contractor and his surety, respectively. Ap-pellees are mechanics, laborers or material-men of a subcontractor.

On June 3, 1933, the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District was organized as a body corporate and political subdivision of Ohio, under authority of the State Conservancy Act (Sections 6828-1 to 6828-79 of the Ohio General Code). The purpose of its organization was flood prevention and regulation of the flow of streams in the drainage basin of Muskingum River, which empties into the…