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INTERNAT. STEEL CO. v. SURETY CO.

No. 252.

297 U.S. 657 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 619

80 L.Ed. 961

INTERNATIONAL STEEL & IRON CO. v. NATIONAL SURETY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cecil Sims, with whom Messrs. Isidor Kahn and F.M. Bass were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles C. Trabue, with whom Messrs. William Hume and Geo. H. Armistead, Jr., were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The present appeal challenges a statute of Tennessee on the ground that, as construed and applied, it impairs the obligation of a contract in contravention of Art. I, § 10 of the Federal Constitution.

March 12, 1928, National Construction Company made a contract with the State, through its Department of Highways and Public Works, for the construction of a bridge. An Act of 1917 required such a contractor...

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