MacRi v. United States

353 F.2d 804 Sam MACRI, Don Macri and Sam Macri, Jr., a partnership d/b/a Macri Construction Company, and Continental Casualty Company, a corporation, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, for the Use of JOHN H. MAXWELL & COMPANY, Inc., Appellees. No. 19049. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. December 2, 1965. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John E. Manders, Anchorage, Alaska, Lyle L. Iversen, Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester, Seattle, Wash., for appellants. Donald McL. Davidson, Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., Theodore M. Pease, Jr., Burr, Boney & Pease, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellees, cross-appellants. Before POPE, KOELSCH and BROWNING, Circuit Judges. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge. 1 This is a suit under the Miller Act, 49 Stat. 793 , 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a-270e. It includes claims by John H. Maxwell & Company, Inc. (Maxwell), a subcontractor, against the general contractor, Macri Construction Company, a partnership (Macri) and the latter's surety, Continental Casualty Company, and Macri's counter-claims against Maxwell and Maxwell's surety, General Insurance Company. 2 The controversy arose out of Maxwell's performance of a subcontract with…