UNITED STATES v. STANDARD ACC. INS. CO.

No. 6784.

106 F.2d 200 (1939)

UNITED STATES, for Use of A. S. SCHULMAN ELECTRIC CO., v. STANDARD ACC. INS. CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Adelman and Charles P. Schwartz, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William P. Sidley, James F. Oates, Jr., Howard Neitzert, and James W. Coultrap, all of Chicago, Ill. (Sidley, McPherson, Austin & Burgess, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellees.

Before EVANS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


This action to recover $19,070.31 was brought by a sub-contractor and was based upon a bond which the principal contractor gave to the United States. The appellee, Lamson Co., was the principal contractor, and the appellee, Standard Accident Insurance Co., was the surety. The Federal statute, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270, provides for suit by sub-contractors on bonds given by the principal contractor to the U. S. Government.

Lamson contracted with the U. S. Government in...

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