Southern Painting Co. of Tennessee, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Silver

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants, Southern Painting Company of Ten .3-see, Inc., and the United Pacific Insurance Company, from a judgment of $13,-000 rendered by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas in favor of the appellee, E. M. Silver, doing business as Silver Plumbing and Heating, in an action by the United States for the use of E. M. Silver, under the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270a, etc.

The complaint alleged that Southern Painting Company of Tennessee, Inc., herein called Southern, hired Silver as a subcontractor to furnish all labor,…