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ILLINOIS SURETY CO. v. JOHN DAVIS CO.

No. 235.

244 U.S. 376 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 614

61 L.Ed. 1206

ILLINOIS SURETY COMPANY v. THE JOHN DAVIS COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert J. Hopkins for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William D. McKenzie and Mr. Worth Allen, with whom Mr. Newton Wyeth, Mr. Robert J. Cary, Mr. F. Harold Schmitt and Mr. Charles S. Holt were on the briefs, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action against the Illinois Surety Company on a bond given by one Schott under Act of Congress, February, 24 1905, 33 Stat. 811, to secure performance of his contract for work on the Naval Training Station at Chicago.1 It is brought for the benefit of persons who furnished labor or materials. The bond provides:

"The condition...

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