Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.

Citations

• 215 U.S. 533
• 30 S. Ct. 174
• 54 L. Ed. 315
• 1910 U.S. LEXIS 1859

Syllabus

<p>Under the labor and material law of February 24, 1905, c.' 778, 33 Stat.-811, amending the' act of August 13,1894, c. 280, 28 Stat. 278, indemnity is provided for persons furnishing labor and materials to a subcontractor as well as to the contractor in chief for the construction of a public building..</p> <p>The indemnity extends to the full amount furnished notwithstanding the contractor may have already paid the subcontractor in full or jn part. Provisions in state statutes, limiting recovery against contractor to amount remaining unpaid to subcontractor, do not affect suits under the Federal statute which contains no such provisions.</p> <p>The decision in Hill v. American Surety Co., 200 U. S. 197, in regard to claims against subcontractors under the act of 1894, followed as to such claims under the statute as amended in 1905.</p>