United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Bray
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the distribution of funds in the’hands of a trustee in bankruptcy of a government contractor, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Justice Van Dev antee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This appeal brings up for review a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversing-a decree of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in a suit in equity which was intended, inter alia, to affect a fund of $26,000 in the hands of the trustee of a bankrupt’s estate then in the course of administration in the District Court of that district. The decree reversed was an interlocutory one granting an injunction, but the decree of reversal was final, for it directed not only dissolution of the…
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