Kansas City Hydraulic Press Brick Co. v. National Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. For opinion below, see 157 Fed. 630. The defendant here and below, the Nat ional Surety Company, was the surety upon three bonds executed by W. W. Atkins, conditioned that he should promptly pay and discharge all labor and material hills incurred in paving portions of two streets in Kansas City, Kan.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. For opinion below, see 157 Fed. 630. The defendant here and below, the Nat ional Surety Company, was the surety upon three bonds executed by W. W. Atkins, conditioned that he should promptly pay and discharge all labor and material hills incurred in paving portions of two streets in Kansas City, Kan. The plaintiff furnished vitrified brick to Atkins, which were used in paving the streets. He made default in the payment of the purchase price, and this action is brought against his surety upon the bonds.…
1Opinion of the CourtAmidon, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The trial court based its ruling in the main upon section 747 of the General Statutes of Kansas of 1901, which requires that, when the estimated cost of a contemplated improvement amounts to $100—
“sealed proposals for the doing or making thereof shall be invited by advertisement published by the city clerk in the official paper of the city for at least three consecutive days, and the mayor and council shall let the work by contract to the lowest responsible bidder.”
The Supreme Court of Kansas, in the Case of National Surety Co. v. Kansas City Hydraulic…
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