Legal Opinion

In re Fowble

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided May 6, 1914PublishedCited by 16 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of John H. Fowble, bankrupt. Proceeding relative to claims of materialmen and others against a fund due'the bankrupt under a building contract.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSE, District Judge..

John H. Fowble is a bankrupt. He was a builder. He will be so called. The state of Maryland owns and controls an insane asylum. Its official title is the Springfield State Hospital. It will be referred to as the hospital, The controversy is over a fund of $11,709.93. The builder put up two buildings for the hospital. The fund is the balance due upon the contract price. The Fidelity & Deposit Company went on the builder’s bond. It will be called the surety. Certain persons who supplied materials for the buildings are unpaid. As a class they will be described as…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. MiddleportSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Guarantee Title & Trust Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. City of St. Louis ex rel. Glencoe Lime & Cement Co. v. Von PhulSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  5. Knapp v. SwaneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Wasco Co. v. New England Equitable Ins.Oregon Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Illinois Surety Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
  4. Pratt Lumber Co. v. T. H. Gill Co.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1922
  5. United States v. OhioTemporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1973

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