Burr v. Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded

The plaintiff is the trustee in bankruptcy of the H. P. Cummings Company, a corporation, and he brings this action against the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, to recover a balance due upon a contract for the construction of the “Boys’ and Girls’ Home at Waverly.” This contract was made under the authority of the St. 1905, c. 444, the money paid for the building was furnished to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded by the Commonwealth, and the balance alleged to be due on the contract has been paid into court under an answer by way of interpleader, setting up an equitable…