HARTFORD ACCIDENT CO. v. NELSON CO.

No. 239.

291 U.S. 352 (1934)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO. ET AL. v. N.O. NELSON MANUFACTURING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L. Barrett Jones, with whom Mr. W. Calvin Wells was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Gerard Brandon, with whom Mr. Gerard H. Brandon was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy hinges upon the validity of a statute of Mississippi whereby the bond of a contractor guaranteeing to an owner the faithful performance of a contract for the construction of a building shall inure to the benefit of persons furnishing material or labor, and this though the bond expresses an intention to exclude them.

The statute challenged by the appellants was enacted in March 1918, and...

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