Goddard v. Ordway

This was a suit in equity prosecuted by the- appellant to subject to tbe payment of a debt a portion of tbe profits, as they accrued to tbe defendant in' tbe performance of a contract between himself and tbe United States. In the progress of tbe cause in the court below a receiver was appointed to collect from the United States a part of tbe moneys payable to tbe defendant under bis contract, as they fell due, and retain them to await tbe result of the suit. Upon tbe final bearing below tbe bill was dismissed, and from that decree tbis appeal, which operates as a supersedeas, was taken. When…