Chas. McCaul Co. v. Harr
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by William R. Harr and another against the Chas. McCaul' Company, a corporation, and others. From an order granting an injunction pendente lite to restrain the payment by the Treasury Department of a sum of money to the named defendant, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction in the Supreme Court of .the District, preventing pendente lite the payment of about $40,000 by the Treasury Department to the McCaul Company, the principal defendant in the case; the object of the bill filed by the appellees being to enforce as against the fund an equitable lien because of their alleged services as attorneys, rendered under a contract with the McCaul Company.
[1] At the outset the question arises whether appellants were entitled, as matter of right, to prosecute this appeal. Under section 226 of the Code,…
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