Friedman v. County of Hampden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 25, 1908, and afterward amended, by the receiver of the Fosburgh Company against the county of Hampden, with which the Fosburgh Company had made contracts in writing for the construction of the Hall of Records and heating plant as stated in the opinion; the Chapin National Bank, to whom the Fosburgh Company had executed as security for loans of $15,000 an assignment of- its right to fifteen per cent of the contract price…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on January 25, 1908, and afterward amended, by the receiver of the Fosburgh Company against the county of Hampden, with which the Fosburgh Company had made contracts in writing for the construction of the Hall of Records and heating plant as stated in the opinion; the Chapin National Bank, to whom the Fosburgh Company had executed as security for loans of $15,000 an assignment of- its right to fifteen per cent of the contract price to be paid by the county of Hampden under the contracts, which amounts, $19,022.70 and $4,581.85, were held by the…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
There were two contracts between the Fosburgh Company and the county of Hampden.* The work called for by each has been completed, and the object of these *499proceedings is to ascertain among whom and in what manner shall be distributed the balances due from the county. The Chapin National Bank, hereinafter called the bank, asserts, by virtue of an assignment from the Fosburgh Company, an interest in the balance due upon the first contract. The other claimants furnished labor and materials and assert that by virtue of St. 1904, c. 349, they have liens upon these balances for the sums respectively…
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