Thomas Indus., Inc. v. City of Bristol

Jeffrey Alker Meyer, United States District Judge

This is an interpleader action brought by plaintiff Thomas Industries, Inc., to establish which claimants are entitled to the proceeds from the sale of certain machines formerly owned by BW Manufacturing, Inc. Defendants United States of America, Connecticut Department of Labor, and City of Bristol each claim statutory liens in the interpleaded funds. Defendant Chapman Machine Company, Inc., claims it is entitled to some of the interpleaded funds because it, rather than BW Manufacturing, Inc., owned certain machines that plaintiff sold.…