Greenville Sav. Bank v. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. This was an action by James R. Lawrence against the United States to enforce payment of a balance of $7,601, withheld under a contract for building a courthouse and post office, in favor of persons who had furnished labor and material.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. This was an action by James R. Lawrence against the United States to enforce payment of a balance of $7,601, withheld under a contract for building a courthouse and post office, in favor of persons who had furnished labor and material. The Greenwood Savings Bank and George A. Norwood tiled their claims against this fund, which, by order of the circuit court, were disallowed, and they appealed. James R. Lawrence contracted with the United States to build a courthouse and post office at Greenville, S. O. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The parties to this controversy being all anxious that some tribunal should assume jurisdiction and adjudicate their respective claims, no question of jurisdiction, procedure, or right of appeal has been raised, and we assume that the case is rightly before us on appeal. The contention of the appellants that Lawrence, the contractor, could assign and transfer the money coming to him from the United States under his contract so as to affect any one but himself cannot be maintained in the face of sections 3477 and 3737 of the Revised Statutes; and Nichols, who was a…
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