American Surety Co. of New York v. Finletter
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United, States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. In the matter of the receivership of Peoples Brothers, Inc..; Robert W. Finletter receiver. From a decree distributing funds, the American Surety Company of New York and the Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company separately appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLEY, Circuit Judge.
These cases, growing out of the same business failure, have as many angles as they have parties and subjects-matter. We shall endeavor to view them separately in so far as that is possible.
The questions concern the distribution of funds arising from a receivership in equity. Peoples Brothers, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, hereinafter called the Contractor, was under several contracts with the City of Philadelphia for the construction of public works. These contracts called for partial payments as construction progressed and for deferred payments pending completion.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Barnes v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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