Kniffin v. State

C. H. Earle, Inc., a corporation of which the plaintiff is the trustee in bankruptcy, contracted with the State in August, 1928, to construct certain improvements at Jones Beach on Long Island. In the course of the work the Earle Company became indebted to a subcontractor, the Raymond Concrete Pile Company, to the extent of $102,462.36. On the 17th day of May, 1929, the Earle Company gave the Raymond Company a written assignment of moneys due or to become due to it from the State pursuant to its contract with the State to the extent of the amount of this indebtedness, payable as follows:

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