Prairie State Bank v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE. COURT OF CLAIMS. The real contestants in the controversy below were the Prairie State National Bank and Charles A. Hitchcock, who respectively claimed the right to receive from the government a balance in its hands of $11,850. This balance arose by the retention from time to 'time of ten per cent upon the estimated value of work done under a contract entered into on May 10, 188S, by the government with Charles Sundberg & Company, wherein they agreed for the…
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APPEALS FROM THE. COURT OF CLAIMS. The real contestants in the controversy below were the Prairie State National Bank and Charles A. Hitchcock, who respectively claimed the right to receive from the government a balance in its hands of $11,850. This balance arose by the retention from time to 'time of ten per cent upon the estimated value of work done under a contract entered into on May 10, 188S, by the government with Charles Sundberg & Company, wherein they agreed for the consideration of $118,590 to erect •a custom-house at Galveston, Texas. The right of the government to retain the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The question to be determined is which of the two contestants possesses a superior right to the fund. It is self-evident that, considering the agreements between Sundbérg & Company and the bank as an intended transfer pro tanto of the rights of the latter to the results of the contract with the United States, such transfer would be void under § 3477, Rev. Stat. This position was not controverted in the discussion at bar, but it ivas asserted that as the bank had advanced money to complete the building and thus to enable Sundberg & Company to perform their contract obligations with the…
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