UNITED STATES v. POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY

No. 28106.

421 F.2d 1355 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America for the Use and Benefit of GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY, Inc. and Seaboard Surety Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Broome, Crofton, Holland & Starling, Dwight W. Severs, Titusville, Fla., Robert W. Duckworth, Orlando, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Brooks P. Hoyt, Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this Miller Act, 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a-270d, case General Cable Corp. successfully sought to recover payment for electrical cable supplied to Power Engineering Co., a contractor on a government construction project at Cape Kennedy. The critical issue is one of traditional pre-U.C.C. contract law — what constituted the offer and acceptance? The District Court found that Power Engineering's acceptance of and partial payment for cable supplied...

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