Legal Opinion

United States v. Wm. R. Trigg Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1913PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond. The United States appeals from an adverse decision in a controversy between it and other creditors over a fund under the control of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

This case has several times been before this court, the last time under the style of Hawes & Co. v. Wm. R. Trigg Co., 110 Va. 165, 65 S. E. 538, which was on appeal reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States under the style of “United States v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., 218 U. S. 452, 54 L. Ed. 1107, 31 Sup. Ct. 49.

At the time these insolvency proceedings were instituted against the appellee company, there were three vessels, for the United States, in process of construction at its shipyard at Richmond, Va., namely, a sea-going suction dredge for the War Department, called the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Van Brocklin v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Stanley v. SchwalbySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. United States v. SnyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. United States v. TingeySupreme Court of the United States · 1831

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. W. T. Jones and Company, Incorporated, and Noland Company, Inc., and Marvin Moseley v. Foodco Realty, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  2. In Re Veterans' Air Express Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1948
  3. In Re Read-YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
  4. Harmon v. PeerySupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  5. Peterson v. HaynesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926

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