In re Scofield Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Scofield Company. From an order declaring the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland surety for the bankrupt under a bond to the United States, solely entitled to the fund of $46,327.55, held Seymour P. Thomas as trustee, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
A contract was made by the United States and the Scofield Company, a New York corporation, for the erection at Hampton Roads, Va., ,of certain piers and for the dredging of the basin lying between the arms of the piers and for the deepening of the channel of approach to the basin from deep water. To secure the prompt and satisfactory performance of the contract, and in accordance with the act of Congress passed February 24, 1905, c. 778, 33 U. S. Statutes at Large, p. 811 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1071) a bond was duly executed by the Scofield Company in the penal…
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