TITLE & c. CO. v. HARLAN & HOLLINGSWORTH

No. 530.

228 U.S. 567 (1913)

TITLE GUARANTY & SURETY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, TO THE USE OF HARLAN & HOLLINGSWORTH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 12, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Russell H. Robbins for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George Wharton Pepper and Mr. Thomas Stokes for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an, action upon a contractor's bond executed on May 24, 1904, under the provisions of the act of Congress of August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, entitled "An Act for the protection of persons furnishing material and labor for the construction of public works." The question for decision is whether the court below had jurisdiction of the cause.

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