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UNITED STATES v. BEHAN

110 U.S. 338 (1884)

UNITED STATES v. BEHAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 4th, 1884.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor-General (Mr. John S. Blair was with him) for appellant.

Mr. J.W. Douglass for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Behan, the appellee and claimant, filed a petition in the court below, setting forth that on the 26th of December, 1879, one John Roy entered into a contract with C.W. Howell, major of engineers of the United States army, to make certain improvements in the harbor of New Orleans (describing the same), and that the claimant and two other persons named became bondsmen for the faithful performance of the work; that...

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