UNITED STATES v. BELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

No. 11411.

226 F.2d 99 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, to the Use of GENERAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

September 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Kluwin and Gerald P. Hayes, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Harold Jordan, Saint Paul, Minn., Fred W. Genrich, Jr., Wausau, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FINNEGAN, SWAIM and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

Bell Construction Company, Inc., was a prime contractor rehabilitating certain government properties at Camp McCoy. That Company joined with its co-defendant, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company in a "payment" or surety bond running in favor of the government. Bell entered into a sub-contract with Russell Hamre and the Fidelity and Casualty Company indemnified, by bond, Bell for labor and materials Hamre furnished. Plaintiff, General Electric...

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