Consolidated Engineering Co. ex rel. Fulton National Bank of Atlanta v. United States

Plaintiff is a Maryland corporation which is a successor to a Delaware corporation, the succession having taken place May 8,1933, after the predecessor corporation had completed the construction of the Department of Commerce building under a contract with the United States. The predecessor corporation subcontracted the plumbing, heating, and ventilating work on the building to W. S. Loftis, who did business as the Loftis Heating and Plumbing Company. He assigned to the Fulton National Bank, of Atlanta, Georgia, any amount due him under his subcontract, as security for advances made by the…