Legal Opinion
Lake County v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1935No. 7398PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was on a construction bond given by “one Hardee, doing business as Hardee Construction Company” in connection with road work he did for Lake county, Fla. The claim was that as evidenced by the judgment, plaintiff had gotten against Hardee, there was due and owing him as “a just debt for labor and materials incurred by the contractor in the construction and improvement of the road contracted for,” $12,792.70, the amount he sued fon The defense was that Hardee owed plaintiff .nothing on account of the work construction the bond secured. That, in fact, plaintiff…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Stovall v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Moses v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Reid v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- CHICAGO, M., ST. P. & PRR CO. v. LinehanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- United States v. Howard C. Hayes and Gladys I. Hayes, His Wife, Stanwood P. Whiteley and Margaret Whiteley, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Excavators & Erectors, Inc. v. Bullard Engineers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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