Town of Covington v. Alonzo B. Hayden, Inc.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was awarded a contract by the town of Covington, La., to do certain work in connection with the installation of a sewerage system, to pay for which the taxpayers had voted a bond issue. A dispute arose, and the job was taken away from appellee, and another contractor employed to complete the work. The bonds had been sold, and about $12,000 of the proceeds were still in the hands of the town’s treasurer. Appellee filed a bill to impress the money remaining on hand with a lien in his favor, for an injunction to prevent it being paid out to others, and to recover…