STANDARD INS. CO. v. U.S.

No. 41.

302 U.S. 442 (1938)

STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. v. U.S. FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF POWELL ET AL., RECEIVERS, ETC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stuart B. Warren, with whom Mr. George W. Wylie was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. John Bell, with whom Messrs. Peter O. Knight and C. Fred Thompson were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner is surety on a post office construction bond given pursuant to the Act of Congress approved August 13, 1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, as amended, 40 U.S.C. § 270, which provides —

"Any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion...

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