1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. U.S.
  4. 236 U.S.
  5. 236 U.S. 512 (1915)
 

UNITED STATES v. U.S. FIDELITY CO.

No. 125.

236 U.S. 512 (1915)

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. W.C. Herron was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. J. Kemp Bartlett for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court of Appeals held, in substance, that because after the default of Boggs in the performance of his contract the Government waited more than a year before entering into a new contract, during which time there was a material change in the cost of labor and building supplies, and because the new contract then made between...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases