HARTFORD ACCIDENT CO. v. BUNN

No. 333.

285 U.S. 169 (1932)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO. v. BUNN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Marion Smith and L. Barrett Jones, with whom Messrs. W. Calvin Wells, Max F. Goldstein, and Arthur G. Powell were on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Gerard Brandon, S.B. Laub, and Garner W. Green, with whom Messrs. L.T. Kennedy, E.H. Ratcliff, Joseph E. Brown, and Marcellus Green were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

October 18, 1926, J.V. & R.T. Burkes agreed with the Investment Company, owner of certain land in Natchez, Mississippi, to construct a hotel thereon. The contract contains the following clauses —

"Article 30. Guaranty Bond. — The Owner shall have the right, prior to the signing of the contract, to require the Contractor to furnish bond covering...

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