Foreman v. Louis Jacques Construction Co.

On November 7, 1927, the defendant the Village of Freeport, Long Island, and the defendant the Louis Jacques Construction Company, entered into a written contract whereby the latter,' for a stipulated price to be paid by the former, undertook to -construct a system of sewers to be laid within the limits of the village. On November 25,1927, the Jacques Construction Company made a written assignment of all moneys then due, or thereafter to grow due, under the terms of its contract with the village, to the defendant The Peoples National Bank of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

On June 22, 1928, the Jacques…