UNITED STATES v. JAMES BAIRD CO.

No. 6013.

73 F.2d 652 (1934)

UNITED STATES, to Use of GALLIHER & HUGUELY, Inc., et al. v. JAMES BAIRD CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Winship Wheatley, George E. Hamilton, John J. Hamilton, George E. Hamilton, Jr., Henry R. Gower, James E. Shifflette, and J. A. Marshall, all of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Leon Tobriner, G. Thomas Dunlop, Edwin A. Swingle, and Walter N. Tobriner, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, and HITZ, Associate Justices.


HITZ, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on a verdict for the defendants ordered by the court. The action is based upon a bond executed by the James Baird Company, as principal, and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, as surety, pursuant to the provisions of the Hurd Act, 33 Stat. 811, 40 USCA § 270.

The Baird Company entered into a written contract on January 21, 1929, with...

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