Freeny v. Bauernschmidt

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a determination of the rights of subcontractors and materialmen in certain funds withheld by the city of Baltimore from the amount due a bankrupt contractor .under a contract for the erection of a school building. The ease arose on the petition of the trustee in bankruptcy of the contractor asking that the city be required to pay the funds over to him for the benefit of general creditors. Certain subcontractors and materialmen filed intervening petitions, claiming that they were entitled to the funds to the extent of their respective claims. The city…