TOWN OF COVINGTON v. ALONZO B. HAYDEN, INC.

No. 4956.

27 F.2d 360 (1928)

TOWN OF COVINGTON v. ALONZO B. HAYDEN, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benj. M. Miller, of Covington, La., and J. Zach Spearing, of New Orleans, La. (Spearing & Mabry, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Harry McCall and P. M. Milner, both of New Orleans, La. (Harvey E. Ellis, of Covington, La., Geo. Denegre, Victor Leovy, Henry H. Chaffe, and Jas. Hy. Bruns, all of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was awarded a contract by the town of Covington, La., to do certain work in connection with the installation of a sewerage system, to pay for which the taxpayers had voted a bond issue. A dispute arose, and the job was taken away from appellee, and another contractor employed to complete the work. The bonds had been sold, and about $12,000 of the proceeds were still in the hands of the town's treasurer. Appellee filed a bill to impress...

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