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ILLINOIS SURETY CO. v. PEELER

No. 176.

240 U.S. 214 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 321

60 L.Ed. 609

ILLINOIS SURETY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES TO THE USE OF PEELER ET AL., TRADING AS FAITH GRANITE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bynum E. Hinton for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Benjamin E. Pierce and Mr. D.W. Robinson, with whom Mr. John L. Rendleman was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by sub-contractors under the Act of August 13, 1894 (c. 280, 28 Stat. 278), as amended by the Act of February 24, 1905 (c. 778, 33 Stat. 811), in the name of the United States to recover upon a contractor's bond. The contract was for the construction of a post-office building in Aiken, South Carolina (Act of March 30, 1908, c. 228, 35 Stat. 526, 528), and the Illinois Surety Company (plaintiff...

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